Lost Nation vs Low Moor

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

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

Lost Nation has the higher population (393 vs 269 in Low Moor). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($51,000 vs $49,821 in Low Moor). Low Moor has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $74,500 in Lost Nation).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
Population	393	269
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,000	$49,821
Median home value	$74,500	$120,300
Median gross rent	$658	$850
Housing units	208	117
Homeownership rate	66.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
Population	461 → 393 (-14.8%)	284 → 269 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)	$56,250 → $49,821 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)	$93,500 → $120,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)

Lost Nation

Population

461393

Median household income

$42,875$51,000

Median home value

$65,900$74,500

Median gross rent

$346$658

Low Moor

Population

284269

Median household income

$56,250$49,821

Median home value

$93,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$775$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	24.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	0.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.3%
75 and over	17.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
Drove alone	93.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
1-unit, detached	84.6%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lost Nation	Low Moor
Poverty rate	10.6%	16.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	45	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938