Durant vs Lowden

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

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

Durant has the higher population (1,904 vs 804 in Lowden). Durant has the higher median household income ($82,563 vs $54,773 in Lowden). Durant has the higher median home value ($202,000 vs $111,000 in Lowden).

Population, income & housing

	Durant	Lowden
Population	1,904	804
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,563	$54,773
Median home value	$202,000	$111,000
Median gross rent	$765	$886
Housing units	813	394
Homeownership rate	75.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durant	Lowden
Population	1,880 → 1,904 (+1.3%)	874 → 804 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $82,563 (+25.8%)	$61,833 → $54,773 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $202,000 (+25.0%)	$98,800 → $111,000 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $765 (-11.8%)	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)

Durant

Population

1,8801,904

Median household income

$65,625$82,563

Median home value

$161,600$202,000

Median gross rent

$867$765

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)

	Durant	Lowden
Under 5	5.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.3%
75 and over	8.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durant	Lowden
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durant	Lowden
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durant	Lowden
Drove alone	88.3%	89.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durant	Lowden
1-unit, detached	77.5%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Durant	Lowden
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1968	1952