Lamont vs Winthrop

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

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

Winthrop has the higher population (1,081 vs 503 in Lamont). Winthrop has the higher median household income ($64,904 vs $56,250 in Lamont). Winthrop has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $91,700 in Lamont).

Population, income & housing

	Lamont	Winthrop
Population	503	1,081
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$64,904
Median home value	$91,700	$149,200
Median gross rent	$836	$1,000
Housing units	206	409
Homeownership rate	76.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamont	Winthrop
Population	540 → 503 (-6.9%)	926 → 1,081 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $56,250 (+16.4%)	$59,583 → $64,904 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $91,700 (+44.0%)	$103,700 → $149,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $836 (+29.4%)	$700 → $1,000 (+42.9%)

Lamont

Population

540503

Median household income

$48,333$56,250

Median home value

$63,700$91,700

Median gross rent

$646$836

Winthrop

Population

9261,081

Median household income

$59,583$64,904

Median home value

$103,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$700$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamont	Winthrop
Under 5	7.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	27.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	17.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	11.4%
75 and over	2.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamont	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamont	Winthrop
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	44.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamont	Winthrop
Drove alone	75.1%	70.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	11.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamont	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	87.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Lamont	Winthrop
Poverty rate	11.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1952	1967