Lowden vs Mechanicsville

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

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

Mechanicsville has the higher population (906 vs 804 in Lowden). Mechanicsville has the higher median household income ($76,190 vs $54,773 in Lowden). Mechanicsville has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $111,000 in Lowden).

Population, income & housing

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
Population	804	906
Median age	39.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,773	$76,190
Median home value	$111,000	$155,500
Median gross rent	$886	$542
Housing units	394	429
Homeownership rate	76.1%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	1,126 → 906 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$61,833 → $54,773 (-11.4%)	$64,704 → $76,190 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $111,000 (+12.3%)	$105,900 → $155,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)	$750 → $542 (-27.7%)

Lowden

Population

874804

Median household income

$61,833$54,773

Median home value

$98,800$111,000

Median gross rent

$745$886

Mechanicsville

Population

1,126906

Median household income

$64,704$76,190

Median home value

$105,900$155,500

Median gross rent

$750$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
Under 5	2.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	23.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	21.9%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	89.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	19.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	80.2%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Lowden	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1952	1961