Lostant vs Ransom

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

Lostant and Ransom 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 312 in Ransom). Ransom has the higher median household income ($69,250 vs $68,750 in Lostant). Ransom has the higher median home value ($101,500 vs $99,600 in Lostant).

Population, income & housing

	Lostant	Ransom
Population	402	312
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$69,250
Median home value	$99,600	$101,500
Median gross rent	$950	$700
Housing units	172	149
Homeownership rate	78.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lostant	Ransom
Population	479 → 402 (-16.1%)	414 → 312 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $68,750 (+11.3%)	$71,250 → $69,250 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $99,600 (+7.6%)	$91,400 → $101,500 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $950 (+24.5%)	$804 → $700 (-12.9%)

Lostant

Population

479402

Median household income

$61,786$68,750

Median home value

$92,600$99,600

Median gross rent

$763$950

Ransom

Population

414312

Median household income

$71,250$69,250

Median home value

$91,400$101,500

Median gross rent

$804$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lostant	Ransom
Under 5	8.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	16.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.2%
75 and over	9.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lostant	Ransom
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lostant	Ransom
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lostant	Ransom
Drove alone	73.4%	90.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lostant	Ransom
1-unit, detached	91.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lostant	Ransom
Poverty rate	8.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1955	1948