Lost Nation vs Toronto

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

Lost Nation and Toronto 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 69 in Toronto). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($51,000 vs $43,333 in Toronto). Lost Nation has the higher median home value ($74,500 vs $66,700 in Toronto).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Nation	Toronto
Population	393	69
Median age	44.3 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,000	$43,333
Median home value	$74,500	$66,700
Median gross rent	$658	—
Housing units	208	46
Homeownership rate	66.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Nation	Toronto
Population	461 → 393 (-14.8%)	111 → 69 (-37.8%)
Median household income	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)	$37,159 → $43,333 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)	$72,000 → $66,700 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)	$596 → $640 (+7.4%)

Lost Nation

Population

461393

Median household income

$42,875$51,000

Median home value

$65,900$74,500

Median gross rent

$346$658

Toronto

Population

11169

Median household income

$37,159$43,333

Median home value

$72,000$66,700

Median gross rent

$596$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Nation	Toronto
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	2.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	40.6%
75 and over	17.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Nation	Toronto
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Nation	Toronto
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Nation	Toronto
Drove alone	93.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Nation	Toronto
1-unit, detached	84.6%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lost Nation	Toronto
Poverty rate	10.6%	23.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	45	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938