Lone Tree vs Tiffin

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

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

Tiffin has the higher population (5,271 vs 1,285 in Lone Tree). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($106,034 vs $80,294 in Lone Tree). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $170,700 in Lone Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
Population	1,285	5,271
Median age	44.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,294	$106,034
Median home value	$170,700	$315,800
Median gross rent	$947	$1,367
Housing units	545	2,186
Homeownership rate	85.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
Population	1,312 → 1,285 (-2.1%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$62,137 → $80,294 (+29.2%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$156,200 → $170,700 (+9.3%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $947 (+36.3%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

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

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
Under 5	6.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	18.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.8%
75 and over	7.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	39.5%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
Drove alone	73.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	16.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	17.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	81.1%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lone Tree	Tiffin
Poverty rate	6.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1968	2011