Kings vs Lost Nation

A side-by-side comparison of Kings and Lost Nation: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lost Nation has the higher population (727 vs 322 in Kings). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($106,419 vs $71,250 in Kings). Lost Nation has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $122,600 in Kings).

Population, income & housing

	Kings	Lost Nation
Population	322	727
Median age	13.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$106,419
Median home value	$122,600	$220,600
Housing units	49	354
Homeownership rate	89.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings	Lost Nation
Population	348 → 322 (-7.5%)	639 → 727 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $71,250 (+16.3%)	$112,796 → $106,419 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $122,600 (+7.2%)	$187,500 → $220,600 (+17.7%)

Kings

Population

348322

Median household income

$61,250$71,250

Median home value

$114,400$122,600

Lost Nation

Population

639727

Median household income

$112,796$106,419

Median home value

$187,500$220,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings	Lost Nation
Under 5	36.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	3.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	18.0%
25 to 34	2.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	20.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	20.5%
55 to 64	5.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	0.6%	23.4%
75 and over	0.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	100.0%
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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	72.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	52.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings	Lost Nation
Drove alone	77.8%	95.2%
Carpooled	16.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings	Lost Nation
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kings	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.0%
Average household size	6.57	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1963	1991