Charlotte vs Lost Nation

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Lost Nation: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charlotte has the higher population (431 vs 393 in Lost Nation). Charlotte has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $51,000 in Lost Nation). Charlotte has the higher median home value ($95,500 vs $74,500 in Lost Nation).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
Population	431	393
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$51,000
Median home value	$95,500	$74,500
Median gross rent	$704	$658
Housing units	193	208
Homeownership rate	78.1%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
Population	323 → 431 (+33.4%)	461 → 393 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$61,500 → $69,792 (+13.5%)	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $95,500 (-7.8%)	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $704 (+22.4%)	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)

Charlotte

Population

323431

Median household income

$61,500$69,792

Median home value

$103,600$95,500

Median gross rent

$575$704

Lost Nation

Population

461393

Median household income

$42,875$51,000

Median home value

$65,900$74,500

Median gross rent

$346$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.4%
75 and over	9.3%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	44.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
Drove alone	90.6%	93.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
1-unit, detached	83.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	45
Median year structure built	1952	1938