Lost Nation vs Wheatland

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (921 vs 393 in Lost Nation). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($51,000 vs $36,071 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $74,500 in Lost Nation).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
Population	393	921
Median age	44.3 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,000	$36,071
Median home value	$74,500	$119,200
Median gross rent	$658	$803
Housing units	208	389
Homeownership rate	66.5%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
Population	461 → 393 (-14.8%)	715 → 921 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$42,875 → $51,000 (+19.0%)	$53,125 → $36,071 (-32.1%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $74,500 (+13.1%)	$96,500 → $119,200 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$346 → $658 (+90.2%)	$739 → $803 (+8.7%)

Lost Nation

Population

461393

Median household income

$42,875$51,000

Median home value

$65,900$74,500

Median gross rent

$346$658

Wheatland

Population

715921

Median household income

$53,125$36,071

Median home value

$96,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$739$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
Under 5	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	37.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	4.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.9%
75 and over	17.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
Drove alone	93.0%	86.8%
Carpooled	1.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	84.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lost Nation	Wheatland
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	45	29
Median year structure built	1938	1946