Luzerne vs Mount Auburn

A side-by-side comparison of Luzerne and Mount Auburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Luzerne and Mount Auburn are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Auburn has the higher population (183 vs 140 in Luzerne). Luzerne has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $76,250 in Mount Auburn). Mount Auburn has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $59,000 in Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
Population	140	183
Median age	33.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$76,250
Median home value	$59,000	$109,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,021
Housing units	43	76
Homeownership rate	84.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
Population	148 → 140 (-5.4%)	129 → 183 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$75,536 → $95,000 (+25.8%)	$53,942 → $76,250 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $59,000 (-58.4%)	$57,500 → $109,400 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$533 → $1,021 (+91.6%)

Luzerne

Population

148140

Median household income

$75,536$95,000

Median home value

$141,700$59,000

Mount Auburn

Population

129183

Median household income

$53,942$76,250

Median home value

$57,500$109,400

Median gross rent

$533$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	12.1%	13.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	4.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	3.6%	8.7%
75 and over	10.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	90.2%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
Drove alone	85.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Luzerne	Mount Auburn
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.7%
Average household size	3.68	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938