Luther vs Pilot Mound

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

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

Luther has the higher population (130 vs 117 in Pilot Mound). Luther has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $51,250 in Pilot Mound). Luther has the higher median home value ($183,000 vs $78,800 in Pilot Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Luther	Pilot Mound
Population	130	117
Median age	54.6 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$51,250
Median home value	$183,000	$78,800
Median gross rent	—	$556
Housing units	62	79
Homeownership rate	86.5%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luther	Pilot Mound
Population	181 → 130 (-28.2%)	194 → 117 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$82,614 → $86,667 (+4.9%)	$36,000 → $51,250 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $183,000 (+43.5%)	$62,700 → $78,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$444 → $556 (+25.2%)

Luther

Population

181130

Median household income

$82,614$86,667

Median home value

$127,500$183,000

Pilot Mound

Population

194117

Median household income

$36,000$51,250

Median home value

$62,700$78,800

Median gross rent

$444$556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luther	Pilot Mound
Under 5	5.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	17.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	17.7%	17.1%
75 and over	11.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luther	Pilot Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	97.4%
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	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luther	Pilot Mound
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luther	Pilot Mound
Drove alone	84.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luther	Pilot Mound
1-unit, detached	93.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Luther	Pilot Mound
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938