Lowden vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (3,111 vs 804 in Lowden). Tipton has the higher median household income ($67,625 vs $54,773 in Lowden). Tipton has the higher median home value ($146,000 vs $111,000 in Lowden).

Population, income & housing

	Lowden	Tipton
Population	804	3,111
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,773	$67,625
Median home value	$111,000	$146,000
Median gross rent	$886	$823
Housing units	394	1,494
Homeownership rate	76.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowden	Tipton
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	3,207 → 3,111 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$61,833 → $54,773 (-11.4%)	$64,013 → $67,625 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $111,000 (+12.3%)	$126,600 → $146,000 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)	$606 → $823 (+35.8%)

Lowden

Population

874804

Median household income

$61,833$54,773

Median home value

$98,800$111,000

Median gross rent

$745$886

Tipton

Population

3,2073,111

Median household income

$64,013$67,625

Median home value

$126,600$146,000

Median gross rent

$606$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowden	Tipton
Under 5	2.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.0%
75 and over	9.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowden	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowden	Tipton
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowden	Tipton
Drove alone	89.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowden	Tipton
1-unit, detached	80.2%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowden	Tipton
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1952	1952