Lacona vs Spring Hill

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

Lacona and Spring Hill 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 52 in Spring Hill). Spring Hill has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $70,647 in Lacona). Spring Hill has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $92,500 in Lacona).

Population, income & housing

	Lacona	Spring Hill
Population	307	52
Median age	53.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,647	$78,750
Median home value	$92,500	$98,800
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	180	16
Homeownership rate	86.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacona	Spring Hill
Population	318 → 307 (-3.5%)	76 → 52 (-31.6%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)	$52,188 → $78,750 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)	$115,600 → $98,800 (-14.5%)
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

Spring Hill

Population

7652

Median household income

$52,188$78,750

Median home value

$115,600$98,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacona	Spring Hill
Under 5	3.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	1.9%
35 to 44	7.5%	38.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	24.4%	3.8%
75 and over	9.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacona	Spring Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	90.4%
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%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacona	Spring Hill
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.7%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacona	Spring Hill
Drove alone	82.8%	76.7%
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%	23.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacona	Spring Hill
1-unit, detached	87.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lacona	Spring Hill
Poverty rate	9.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.12	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	39	20
Median year structure built	1946	1958