Bennett vs Lowden

A side-by-side comparison of Bennett and Lowden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lowden has the higher population (804 vs 418 in Bennett). Bennett has the higher median household income ($65,714 vs $54,773 in Lowden). Bennett has the higher median home value ($135,800 vs $111,000 in Lowden).

Population, income & housing

	Bennett	Lowden
Population	418	804
Median age	41.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,714	$54,773
Median home value	$135,800	$111,000
Median gross rent	$1,000	$886
Housing units	205	394
Homeownership rate	70.3%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennett	Lowden
Population	393 → 418 (+6.4%)	874 → 804 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $65,714 (+6.2%)	$61,833 → $54,773 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $135,800 (+38.0%)	$98,800 → $111,000 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $1,000 (+70.6%)	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)

Bennett

Population

393418

Median household income

$61,875$65,714

Median home value

$98,400$135,800

Median gross rent

$586$1,000

Lowden

Population

874804

Median household income

$61,833$54,773

Median home value

$98,800$111,000

Median gross rent

$745$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennett	Lowden
Under 5	3.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	14.3%
75 and over	7.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennett	Lowden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennett	Lowden
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	50.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennett	Lowden
Drove alone	78.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennett	Lowden
1-unit, detached	83.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bennett	Lowden
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1938	1952