Luther vs Ogden

A side-by-side comparison of Luther and Ogden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ogden has the higher population (1,902 vs 130 in Luther). Luther has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $70,556 in Ogden). Luther has the higher median home value ($183,000 vs $155,800 in Ogden).

Population, income & housing

	Luther	Ogden
Population	130	1,902
Median age	54.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$70,556
Median home value	$183,000	$155,800
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	62	910
Homeownership rate	86.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luther	Ogden
Population	181 → 130 (-28.2%)	1,875 → 1,902 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$82,614 → $86,667 (+4.9%)	$53,269 → $70,556 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $183,000 (+43.5%)	$114,400 → $155,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$752 → $745 (-0.9%)

Luther

Population

181130

Median household income

$82,614$86,667

Median home value

$127,500$183,000

Ogden

Population

1,8751,902

Median household income

$53,269$70,556

Median home value

$114,400$155,800

Median gross rent

$752$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luther	Ogden
Under 5	5.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.7%	11.0%
75 and over	11.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luther	Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luther	Ogden
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luther	Ogden
Drove alone	84.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luther	Ogden
1-unit, detached	93.5%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Luther	Ogden
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1954