Lake Mills vs Leland

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Mills and Leland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Mills has the higher population (2,054 vs 214 in Leland). Lake Mills has the higher median household income ($70,333 vs $52,500 in Leland). Lake Mills has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $79,200 in Leland).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mills	Leland
Population	2,054	214
Median age	43.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,333	$52,500
Median home value	$127,100	$79,200
Median gross rent	$615	$860
Housing units	999	113
Homeownership rate	67.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mills	Leland
Population	2,067 → 2,054 (-0.6%)	265 → 214 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $70,333 (+44.9%)	$46,458 → $52,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $127,100 (+25.1%)	$87,500 → $79,200 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $615 (-0.2%)	$606 → $860 (+41.9%)

Lake Mills

Population

2,0672,054

Median household income

$48,542$70,333

Median home value

$101,600$127,100

Median gross rent

$616$615

Leland

Population

265214

Median household income

$46,458$52,500

Median home value

$87,500$79,200

Median gross rent

$606$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Mills	Leland
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	21.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.7%
75 and over	15.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mills	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mills	Leland
No high school diploma	5.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	40.1%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mills	Leland
Drove alone	87.4%	89.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mills	Leland
1-unit, detached	81.3%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mills	Leland
Poverty rate	15.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1965	1958