Alta vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alta has the higher population (2,344 vs 678 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($95,481 vs $66,118 in Alta). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $125,800 in Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Lakeside
Population	2,344	678
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,118	$95,481
Median home value	$125,800	$210,900
Median gross rent	$915	$960
Housing units	881	288
Homeownership rate	79.9%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	17.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Lakeside
Population	2,039 → 2,344 (+15.0%)	917 → 678 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $66,118 (+12.1%)	$69,722 → $95,481 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $125,800 (+13.3%)	$138,800 → $210,900 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $915 (+23.0%)	$735 → $960 (+30.6%)

Alta

Population

2,0392,344

Median household income

$59,000$66,118

Median home value

$111,000$125,800

Median gross rent

$744$915

Lakeside

Population

917678

Median household income

$69,722$95,481

Median home value

$138,800$210,900

Median gross rent

$735$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Lakeside
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	4.7%	13.9%
75 and over	6.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.1%	1.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Lakeside
No high school diploma	11.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Lakeside
Drove alone	76.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	17.3%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	79.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Lakeside
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.94	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1962	1972