Low Moor vs Welton

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

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

Low Moor has the higher population (269 vs 139 in Welton). Welton has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $49,821 in Low Moor). Low Moor has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $117,900 in Welton).

Population, income & housing

	Low Moor	Welton
Population	269	139
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	$76,250
Median home value	$120,300	$117,900
Median gross rent	$850	$843
Housing units	117	52
Homeownership rate	82.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Low Moor	Welton
Population	284 → 269 (-5.3%)	133 → 139 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $49,821 (-11.4%)	$49,688 → $76,250 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $120,300 (+28.7%)	$86,700 → $117,900 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)	$739 → $843 (+14.1%)

Low Moor

Population

284269

Median household income

$56,250$49,821

Median home value

$93,500$120,300

Median gross rent

$775$850

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)

	Low Moor	Welton
Under 5	5.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	24.5%	23.0%
18 to 24	0.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	18.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	3.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Low Moor	Welton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Low Moor	Welton
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	52.7%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Low Moor	Welton
Drove alone	78.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Low Moor	Welton
1-unit, detached	89.7%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Low Moor	Welton
Poverty rate	16.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938