Lamont vs Rowley

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

Lamont and Rowley 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 354 in Rowley). Rowley has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $56,250 in Lamont). Rowley has the higher median home value ($135,200 vs $91,700 in Lamont).

Population, income & housing

	Lamont	Rowley
Population	503	354
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$60,417
Median home value	$91,700	$135,200
Median gross rent	$836	$1,016
Housing units	206	132
Homeownership rate	76.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamont	Rowley
Population	540 → 503 (-6.9%)	272 → 354 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $56,250 (+16.4%)	$57,083 → $60,417 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $91,700 (+44.0%)	$102,400 → $135,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $836 (+29.4%)	$525 → $1,016 (+93.5%)

Lamont

Population

540503

Median household income

$48,333$56,250

Median home value

$63,700$91,700

Median gross rent

$646$836

Rowley

Population

272354

Median household income

$57,083$60,417

Median home value

$102,400$135,200

Median gross rent

$525$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamont	Rowley
Under 5	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	19.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.7%	14.1%
75 and over	2.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamont	Rowley
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamont	Rowley
No high school diploma	11.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamont	Rowley
Drove alone	75.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	3.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamont	Rowley
1-unit, detached	87.4%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lamont	Rowley
Poverty rate	11.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1952	1968