Lamoni vs Leon

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

Lamoni and Leon 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 1,795 in Leon). Leon has the higher median household income ($54,868 vs $52,300 in Lamoni). Lamoni has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $79,600 in Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Lamoni	Leon
Population	2,121	1,795
Median age	27.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,300	$54,868
Median home value	$107,900	$79,600
Median gross rent	$676	$542
Housing units	916	954
Homeownership rate	53.0%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamoni	Leon
Population	2,554 → 2,121 (-17.0%)	1,868 → 1,795 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$37,373 → $52,300 (+39.9%)	$42,679 → $54,868 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $107,900 (+15.6%)	$75,200 → $79,600 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $676 (+10.1%)	$465 → $542 (+16.6%)

Lamoni

Population

2,5542,121

Median household income

$37,373$52,300

Median home value

$93,300$107,900

Median gross rent

$614$676

Leon

Population

1,8681,795

Median household income

$42,679$54,868

Median home value

$75,200$79,600

Median gross rent

$465$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamoni	Leon
Under 5	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	33.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.6%
75 and over	9.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamoni	Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamoni	Leon
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	18.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamoni	Leon
Drove alone	66.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamoni	Leon
1-unit, detached	66.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	10.7%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lamoni	Leon
Poverty rate	13.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	12	28
Median year structure built	1971	1955