Lacona vs Sandyville

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

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

Lacona has the higher population (307 vs 43 in Sandyville). Lacona has the higher median household income ($70,647 vs $46,250 in Sandyville). Since 2019, Lacona's population has grown faster (-3.5% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lacona	Sandyville
Population	307	43
Median age	53.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,647	$46,250
Median home value	$92,500	—
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	180	14
Homeownership rate	86.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacona	Sandyville
Population	318 → 307 (-3.5%)	87 → 43 (-50.6%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)	$65,781 → $46,250 (-29.7%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)	$141,700 → $162,500 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)	—

Lacona

Population

318307

Median household income

$52,500$70,647

Median home value

$88,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$617$800

Sandyville

Population

8743

Median household income

$65,781$46,250

Median home value

$141,700$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacona	Sandyville
Under 5	3.6%	23.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	30.2%
65 to 74	24.4%	2.3%
75 and over	9.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacona	Sandyville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacona	Sandyville
No high school diploma	2.6%	20.7%
High school graduate	51.7%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacona	Sandyville
Drove alone	82.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacona	Sandyville
1-unit, detached	87.8%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Lacona	Sandyville
Poverty rate	9.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.12	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1946	1938