Davis City vs Lamoni

A side-by-side comparison of Davis City and Lamoni: population, income, housing, and more.

Davis City and Lamoni are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lamoni has the higher population (2,121 vs 170 in Davis City). Lamoni has the higher median household income ($52,300 vs $37,417 in Davis City). Lamoni has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $45,500 in Davis City).

Population, income & housing

	Davis City	Lamoni
Population	170	2,121
Median age	37.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,417	$52,300
Median home value	$45,500	$107,900
Median gross rent	$725	$676
Housing units	94	916
Homeownership rate	66.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis City	Lamoni
Population	235 → 170 (-27.7%)	2,554 → 2,121 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$36,042 → $37,417 (+3.8%)	$37,373 → $52,300 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$36,100 → $45,500 (+26.0%)	$93,300 → $107,900 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $725 (+19.2%)	$614 → $676 (+10.1%)

Davis City

Population

235170

Median household income

$36,042$37,417

Median home value

$36,100$45,500

Median gross rent

$608$725

Lamoni

Population

2,5542,121

Median household income

$37,373$52,300

Median home value

$93,300$107,900

Median gross rent

$614$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis City	Lamoni
Under 5	0.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	33.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	6.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	6.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.1%
75 and over	8.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis City	Lamoni
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis City	Lamoni
No high school diploma	14.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis City	Lamoni
Drove alone	78.5%	66.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis City	Lamoni
1-unit, detached	84.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Davis City	Lamoni
Poverty rate	18.8%	13.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	12
Median year structure built	1938	1971