Jesup vs Lamont

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

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

Jesup has the higher population (2,596 vs 503 in Lamont). Jesup has the higher median household income ($89,297 vs $56,250 in Lamont). Jesup has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $91,700 in Lamont).

Population, income & housing

	Jesup	Lamont
Population	2,596	503
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,297	$56,250
Median home value	$189,600	$91,700
Median gross rent	$937	$836
Housing units	1,020	206
Homeownership rate	83.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jesup	Lamont
Population	2,806 → 2,596 (-7.5%)	540 → 503 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $89,297 (+23.2%)	$48,333 → $56,250 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$156,600 → $189,600 (+21.1%)	$63,700 → $91,700 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $937 (+57.5%)	$646 → $836 (+29.4%)

Jesup

Population

2,8062,596

Median household income

$72,500$89,297

Median home value

$156,600$189,600

Median gross rent

$595$937

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)

	Jesup	Lamont
Under 5	7.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	18.7%
75 and over	4.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jesup	Lamont
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	0.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jesup	Lamont
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jesup	Lamont
Drove alone	83.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jesup	Lamont
1-unit, detached	82.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Jesup	Lamont
Poverty rate	5.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1972	1952