Lost Nation vs Welton

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

Lost Nation and Welton 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 139 in Welton). Welton has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $51,000 in Lost Nation). Welton has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $74,500 in Lost Nation).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Nation	Welton
Population	393	139
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,000	$76,250
Median home value	$74,500	$117,900
Median gross rent	$658	$843
Housing units	208	52
Homeownership rate	66.5%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Nation	Welton
Population	461 → 393 (-14.8%)	133 → 139 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)	$49,688 → $76,250 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)	$86,700 → $117,900 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)	$739 → $843 (+14.1%)

Lost Nation

Population

461393

Median household income

$42,875$51,000

Median home value

$65,900$74,500

Median gross rent

$346$658

Welton

Population

133139

Median household income

$49,688$76,250

Median home value

$86,700$117,900

Median gross rent

$739$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Nation	Welton
Under 5	5.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.6%
75 and over	17.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Nation	Welton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Nation	Welton
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Nation	Welton
Drove alone	93.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Nation	Welton
1-unit, detached	84.6%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lost Nation	Welton
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	45	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938