Lost Nation vs Monroe Center

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

Lost Nation and Monroe Center 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 415 in Monroe Center). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($106,419 vs $91,563 in Monroe Center). Lost Nation has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $148,000 in Monroe Center).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
Population	727	415
Median age	51.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,419	$91,563
Median home value	$220,600	$148,000
Median gross rent	—	$878
Housing units	354	169
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
Population	639 → 727 (+13.8%)	399 → 415 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$112,796 → $106,419 (-5.7%)	$75,156 → $91,563 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $220,600 (+17.7%)	$119,400 → $148,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$917 → $878 (-4.3%)

Lost Nation

Population

639727

Median household income

$112,796$106,419

Median home value

$187,500$220,600

Monroe Center

Population

399415

Median household income

$75,156$91,563

Median home value

$119,400$148,000

Median gross rent

$917$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
Under 5	1.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	3.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	18.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	20.5%	20.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	23.4%	8.9%
75 and over	11.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
Drove alone	95.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lost Nation	Monroe Center
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1991	1961