Leaf River vs Lost Nation

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

Leaf River 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 475 in Leaf River). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($106,419 vs $75,903 in Leaf River). Lost Nation has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $93,600 in Leaf River).

Population, income & housing

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
Population	475	727
Median age	43.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,903	$106,419
Median home value	$93,600	$220,600
Median gross rent	$795	—
Housing units	228	354
Homeownership rate	82.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
Population	422 → 475 (+12.6%)	639 → 727 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $75,903 (+63.2%)	$112,796 → $106,419 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $93,600 (+14.4%)	$187,500 → $220,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $795 (+9.1%)	—

Leaf River

Population

422475

Median household income

$46,500$75,903

Median home value

$81,800$93,600

Median gross rent

$729$795

Lost Nation

Population

639727

Median household income

$112,796$106,419

Median home value

$187,500$220,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
Under 5	7.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	3.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	18.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.5%
45 to 54	19.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	23.4%
75 and over	5.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
Drove alone	86.7%	95.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
1-unit, detached	89.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leaf River	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	14.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1951	1991