Lacona vs Martensdale

A side-by-side comparison of Lacona and Martensdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Lacona and Martensdale are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Martensdale has the higher population (588 vs 307 in Lacona). Lacona has the higher median household income ($70,647 vs $53,750 in Martensdale). Martensdale has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $92,500 in Lacona).

Population, income & housing

	Lacona	Martensdale
Population	307	588
Median age	53.6 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,647	$53,750
Median home value	$92,500	$176,400
Median gross rent	$800	$863
Housing units	180	267
Homeownership rate	86.2%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacona	Martensdale
Population	318 → 307 (-3.5%)	478 → 588 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)	$56,667 → $53,750 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)	$133,800 → $176,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)	$658 → $863 (+31.2%)

Lacona

Population

318307

Median household income

$52,500$70,647

Median home value

$88,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$617$800

Martensdale

Population

478588

Median household income

$56,667$53,750

Median home value

$133,800$176,400

Median gross rent

$658$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacona	Martensdale
Under 5	3.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	19.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	24.4%	8.7%
75 and over	9.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacona	Martensdale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacona	Martensdale
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	51.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacona	Martensdale
Drove alone	82.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacona	Martensdale
1-unit, detached	87.8%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lacona	Martensdale
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1946	1970