Delmar vs Lost Nation

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

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

Delmar has the higher population (417 vs 393 in Lost Nation). Delmar has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $51,000 in Lost Nation). Delmar has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $74,500 in Lost Nation).

Population, income & housing

	Delmar	Lost Nation
Population	417	393
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$51,000
Median home value	$123,400	$74,500
Median gross rent	—	$658
Housing units	182	208
Homeownership rate	94.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmar	Lost Nation
Population	514 → 417 (-18.9%)	461 → 393 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$64,464 → $74,583 (+15.7%)	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $123,400 (+38.0%)	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $900 (+7.7%)	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)

Delmar

Population

514417

Median household income

$64,464$74,583

Median home value

$89,400$123,400

Median gross rent

$836$900

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)

	Delmar	Lost Nation
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.4%
75 and over	7.0%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmar	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	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	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmar	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmar	Lost Nation
Drove alone	82.8%	93.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmar	Lost Nation
1-unit, detached	98.9%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delmar	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	45
Median year structure built	1950	1938