Lone Tree vs North Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Lone Tree and North Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

Lone Tree and North Liberty are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Liberty has the higher population (20,782 vs 1,285 in Lone Tree). North Liberty has the higher median household income ($103,933 vs $80,294 in Lone Tree). North Liberty has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $170,700 in Lone Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
Population	1,285	20,782
Median age	44.8 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,294	$103,933
Median home value	$170,700	$300,000
Median gross rent	$947	$1,226
Housing units	545	8,450
Homeownership rate	85.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
Population	1,312 → 1,285 (-2.1%)	18,829 → 20,782 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$62,137 → $80,294 (+29.2%)	$83,949 → $103,933 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$156,200 → $170,700 (+9.3%)	$220,800 → $300,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $947 (+36.3%)	$1,110 → $1,226 (+10.5%)

Lone Tree

Population

1,3121,285

Median household income

$62,137$80,294

Median home value

$156,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$695$947

North Liberty

Population

18,82920,782

Median household income

$83,949$103,933

Median home value

$220,800$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	19.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	3.8%
75 and over	7.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
Drove alone	73.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	11.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.4%
Other means	3.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
1-unit, detached	81.1%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	22.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	15.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lone Tree	North Liberty
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1968	2004