Lostant vs Troy Grove

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

Lostant and Troy Grove 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 269 in Troy Grove). Troy Grove has the higher median household income ($81,838 vs $68,750 in Lostant). Troy Grove has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $99,600 in Lostant).

Population, income & housing

	Lostant	Troy Grove
Population	402	269
Median age	37.5 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$81,838
Median home value	$99,600	$186,300
Median gross rent	$950	$792
Housing units	172	92
Homeownership rate	78.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lostant	Troy Grove
Population	479 → 402 (-16.1%)	231 → 269 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $68,750 (+11.3%)	$63,750 → $81,838 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $99,600 (+7.6%)	$141,700 → $186,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $950 (+24.5%)	$655 → $792 (+20.9%)

Lostant

Population

479402

Median household income

$61,786$68,750

Median home value

$92,600$99,600

Median gross rent

$763$950

Troy Grove

Population

231269

Median household income

$63,750$81,838

Median home value

$141,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$655$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lostant	Troy Grove
Under 5	8.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	16.2%	16.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.9%
75 and over	9.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lostant	Troy Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	69.5%
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	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lostant	Troy Grove
No high school diploma	11.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lostant	Troy Grove
Drove alone	73.4%	96.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lostant	Troy Grove
1-unit, detached	91.3%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lostant	Troy Grove
Poverty rate	8.0%	34.8%
Average household size	2.50	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1955	1973