Iroquois vs Lake Preston

A side-by-side comparison of Iroquois and Lake Preston: population, income, housing, and more.

Iroquois and Lake Preston are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Preston has the higher population (539 vs 425 in Iroquois). Lake Preston has the higher median household income ($60,917 vs $60,750 in Iroquois). Lake Preston has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $138,500 in Iroquois).

Population, income & housing

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
Population	425	539
Median age	37.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$60,917
Median home value	$138,500	$139,100
Median gross rent	$763	$533
Housing units	188	276
Homeownership rate	86.1%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
Population	354 → 425 (+20.1%)	400 → 539 (+34.8%)
Median household income	$54,896 → $60,750 (+10.7%)	$55,417 → $60,917 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $138,500 (+29.4%)	$73,800 → $139,100 (+88.5%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $763 (+81.7%)	$440 → $533 (+21.1%)

Iroquois

Population

354425

Median household income

$54,896$60,750

Median home value

$107,000$138,500

Median gross rent

$420$763

Lake Preston

Population

400539

Median household income

$55,417$60,917

Median home value

$73,800$139,100

Median gross rent

$440$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
Under 5	3.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	24.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	23.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.9%
75 and over	3.1%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.4%	1.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
No high school diploma	11.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
Drove alone	76.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
1-unit, detached	83.5%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Iroquois	Lake Preston
Poverty rate	1.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1977	1966