Dayton vs Lostant

A side-by-side comparison of Dayton and Lostant: population, income, housing, and more.

Dayton and Lostant are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lostant has the higher population (402 vs 363 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($136,458 vs $68,750 in Lostant). Dayton has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $99,600 in Lostant).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Lostant
Population	363	402
Median age	46.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,458	$68,750
Median home value	$235,000	$99,600
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	133	172
Homeownership rate	95.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Lostant
Population	566 → 363 (-35.9%)	479 → 402 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$85,852 → $136,458 (+58.9%)	$61,786 → $68,750 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $235,000 (+16.2%)	$92,600 → $99,600 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,288 (+38.5%)	$763 → $950 (+24.5%)

Dayton

Population

566363

Median household income

$85,852$136,458

Median home value

$202,300$235,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,288

Lostant

Population

479402

Median household income

$61,786$68,750

Median home value

$92,600$99,600

Median gross rent

$763$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Lostant
Under 5	3.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	16.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.5%
75 and over	6.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Lostant
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	90.8%
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	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Lostant
No high school diploma	8.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Lostant
Drove alone	81.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.3%
Other means	2.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Lostant
1-unit, detached	88.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Lostant
Poverty rate	2.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1990	1955