Grand Ridge vs Lostant

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

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

Grand Ridge has the higher population (649 vs 402 in Lostant). Grand Ridge has the higher median household income ($84,375 vs $68,750 in Lostant). Grand Ridge has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $99,600 in Lostant).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
Population	649	402
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,375	$68,750
Median home value	$154,200	$99,600
Median gross rent	$1,023	$950
Housing units	267	172
Homeownership rate	88.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
Population	618 → 649 (+5.0%)	479 → 402 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $84,375 (+44.6%)	$61,786 → $68,750 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $154,200 (+42.4%)	$92,600 → $99,600 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,023 (-1.8%)	$763 → $950 (+24.5%)

Grand Ridge

Population

618649

Median household income

$58,333$84,375

Median home value

$108,300$154,200

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,023

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)

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
Under 5	10.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	16.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	4.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
No high school diploma	1.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	49.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
Drove alone	88.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
1-unit, detached	98.1%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Ridge	Lostant
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1948	1955