ZIP 51449 · Lake City
Who lives in ZIP code 51449 (Lake City, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Lake City, IA · Calhoun County
uszips 2026
People1,950
Median age48.3
Household income$75,329
Home value$116,766
Median rent$763/mo
Poverty9.4%
College degree+17.5%
Commute17 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 8 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 823
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
29.5% are 65 or older; 81.6% are adults.
Household income
32.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $34,890.
Education (adults 25+)
37.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 57.9%
- Never married
- 25.5%
- Divorced
- 9.2%
- Widowed
- 7.4%
- Family size
- 2.65
- Dual-income families
- 51.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 80.6%
- Rent burden
- 17.9%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 60.3%
- Unemployment
- 1.3%
- Self-employed
- 15.4%
- Farmers
- 11.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 18.7%
- Veterans
- 5.7%
- With a disability
- 15.5%
- No health insurance
- 2.1%
- Limited English
- 0.4%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.