Lone Rock vs St. Benedict

A side-by-side comparison of Lone Rock and St. Benedict: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lone Rock has the higher population (127 vs 20 in St. Benedict). Since 2019, St. Benedict's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
Population	127	20
Median age	67.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	—
Median home value	$61,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	73	9
Homeownership rate	85.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
Population	205 → 127 (-38.0%)	22 → 20 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $56,250 (-7.2%)	$65,000 → $81,563 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $61,300 (+29.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$600 → $1,025 (+70.8%)	—

Lone Rock

Population

205127

Median household income

$60,625$56,250

Median home value

$47,500$61,300

Median gross rent

$600$1,025

St. Benedict

Population

2220

Median household income

$65,000$81,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	30.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	30.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	25.0%
65 to 74	30.7%	15.0%
75 and over	26.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
No high school diploma	14.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
Drove alone	57.7%	20.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	66.7%
Public transit	19.2%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
1-unit, detached	98.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lone Rock	St. Benedict
Poverty rate	2.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.79	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1949	1955