Lacona vs New Virginia

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

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

New Virginia has the higher population (513 vs 307 in Lacona). New Virginia has the higher median household income ($75,875 vs $70,647 in Lacona). New Virginia has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $92,500 in Lacona).

Population, income & housing

	Lacona	New Virginia
Population	307	513
Median age	53.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,647	$75,875
Median home value	$92,500	$168,100
Median gross rent	$800	$1,054
Housing units	180	185
Homeownership rate	86.2%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacona	New Virginia
Population	318 → 307 (-3.5%)	465 → 513 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)	$66,429 → $75,875 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)	$111,700 → $168,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)	$780 → $1,054 (+35.1%)

Lacona

Population

318307

Median household income

$52,500$70,647

Median home value

$88,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$617$800

New Virginia

Population

465513

Median household income

$66,429$75,875

Median home value

$111,700$168,100

Median gross rent

$780$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacona	New Virginia
Under 5	3.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	25.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	21.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	4.5%
65 to 74	24.4%	11.1%
75 and over	9.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacona	New Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacona	New Virginia
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	51.7%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacona	New Virginia
Drove alone	82.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacona	New Virginia
1-unit, detached	87.8%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lacona	New Virginia
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1946	1960