Brandon vs Lamont

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Lamont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lamont has the higher population (503 vs 328 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $56,250 in Lamont). Brandon has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $91,700 in Lamont).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Lamont
Population	328	503
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$56,250
Median home value	$100,000	$91,700
Median gross rent	$1,013	$836
Housing units	129	206
Homeownership rate	62.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Lamont
Population	312 → 328 (+5.1%)	540 → 503 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $61,875 (+50.8%)	$48,333 → $56,250 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $100,000 (+46.8%)	$63,700 → $91,700 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,013 (+29.4%)	$646 → $836 (+29.4%)

Brandon

Population

312328

Median household income

$41,042$61,875

Median home value

$68,100$100,000

Median gross rent

$783$1,013

Lamont

Population

540503

Median household income

$48,333$56,250

Median home value

$63,700$91,700

Median gross rent

$646$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Lamont
Under 5	3.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	14.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	18.7%
75 and over	4.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Lamont
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Lamont
No high school diploma	9.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	44.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Lamont
Drove alone	84.4%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.7%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Lamont
1-unit, detached	79.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Lamont
Poverty rate	19.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1960	1952