Central City vs Lisbon

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Lisbon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lisbon has the higher population (1,782 vs 1,266 in Central City). Lisbon has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $81,607 in Central City). Lisbon has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $166,400 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Lisbon
Population	1,266	1,782
Median age	37.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,607	$83,125
Median home value	$166,400	$202,600
Median gross rent	$715	$792
Housing units	573	824
Homeownership rate	79.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Lisbon
Population	1,280 → 1,266 (-1.1%)	2,493 → 1,782 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$63,068 → $81,607 (+29.4%)	$73,194 → $83,125 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $166,400 (+22.6%)	$154,600 → $202,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $715 (+41.6%)	$707 → $792 (+12.0%)

Central City

Population

1,2801,266

Median household income

$63,068$81,607

Median home value

$135,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$505$715

Lisbon

Population

2,4931,782

Median household income

$73,194$83,125

Median home value

$154,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$707$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Lisbon
Under 5	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.8%
75 and over	9.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Lisbon
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Lisbon
Drove alone	70.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Lisbon
1-unit, detached	83.1%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Lisbon
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1958	1977