Lytton vs Nemaha

A side-by-side comparison of Lytton and Nemaha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lytton has the higher population (325 vs 78 in Nemaha). Nemaha has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $45,250 in Lytton). Nemaha has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $60,000 in Lytton).

Population, income & housing

	Lytton	Nemaha
Population	325	78
Median age	45.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$55,000
Median home value	$60,000	$65,000
Median gross rent	$609	$913
Housing units	155	26
Homeownership rate	64.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lytton	Nemaha
Population	275 → 325 (+18.2%)	116 → 78 (-32.8%)
Median household income	$44,028 → $45,250 (+2.8%)	$56,042 → $55,000 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$42,200 → $60,000 (+42.2%)	$45,800 → $65,000 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $609 (+27.1%)	$621 → $913 (+47.0%)

Lytton

Population

275325

Median household income

$44,028$45,250

Median home value

$42,200$60,000

Median gross rent

$479$609

Nemaha

Population

11678

Median household income

$56,042$55,000

Median home value

$45,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$621$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lytton	Nemaha
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	30.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	22.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.1%
75 and over	5.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lytton	Nemaha
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lytton	Nemaha
No high school diploma	3.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lytton	Nemaha
Drove alone	84.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lytton	Nemaha
1-unit, detached	83.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lytton	Nemaha
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.27	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1954	1938