Grand Mound vs Lost Nation

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

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

Grand Mound has the higher population (554 vs 393 in Lost Nation). Grand Mound has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $51,000 in Lost Nation). Grand Mound has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $74,500 in Lost Nation).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
Population	554	393
Median age	33.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,286	$51,000
Median home value	$150,500	$74,500
Median gross rent	$733	$658
Housing units	223	208
Homeownership rate	80.1%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
Population	628 → 554 (-11.8%)	461 → 393 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$67,750 → $84,286 (+24.4%)	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $150,500 (+29.0%)	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $733 (-2.3%)	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)

Grand Mound

Population

628554

Median household income

$67,750$84,286

Median home value

$116,700$150,500

Median gross rent

$750$733

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)

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
Under 5	9.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.4%
75 and over	7.4%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	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	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
Drove alone	79.3%	93.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	1.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
1-unit, detached	87.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	12.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	45
Median year structure built	1948	1938