Lowden vs Stanwood

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

Lowden and Stanwood 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 520 in Stanwood). Stanwood has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $54,773 in Lowden). Stanwood has the higher median home value ($137,700 vs $111,000 in Lowden).

Population, income & housing

	Lowden	Stanwood
Population	804	520
Median age	39.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,773	$58,750
Median home value	$111,000	$137,700
Median gross rent	$886	$861
Housing units	394	283
Homeownership rate	76.1%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowden	Stanwood
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	655 → 520 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$61,833 → $54,773 (-11.4%)	$57,125 → $58,750 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $111,000 (+12.3%)	$97,900 → $137,700 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)	$754 → $861 (+14.2%)

Lowden

Population

874804

Median household income

$61,833$54,773

Median home value

$98,800$111,000

Median gross rent

$745$886

Stanwood

Population

655520

Median household income

$57,125$58,750

Median home value

$97,900$137,700

Median gross rent

$754$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowden	Stanwood
Under 5	2.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	23.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.8%
75 and over	9.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowden	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowden	Stanwood
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowden	Stanwood
Drove alone	89.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowden	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	80.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowden	Stanwood
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1952	1952