Lytton vs Schaller

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

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

Schaller has the higher population (817 vs 325 in Lytton). Schaller has the higher median household income ($65,909 vs $45,250 in Lytton). Schaller has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $60,000 in Lytton).

Population, income & housing

	Lytton	Schaller
Population	325	817
Median age	45.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,250	$65,909
Median home value	$60,000	$73,700
Median gross rent	$609	$907
Housing units	155	359
Homeownership rate	64.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lytton	Schaller
Population	275 → 325 (+18.2%)	720 → 817 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$44,028 → $45,250 (+2.8%)	$49,688 → $65,909 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$42,200 → $60,000 (+42.2%)	$72,100 → $73,700 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $609 (+27.1%)	$560 → $907 (+62.0%)

Lytton

Population

275325

Median household income

$44,028$45,250

Median home value

$42,200$60,000

Median gross rent

$479$609

Schaller

Population

720817

Median household income

$49,688$65,909

Median home value

$72,100$73,700

Median gross rent

$560$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lytton	Schaller
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lytton	Schaller
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	67.3%
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%	5.4%
Some other race	0.0%	4.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lytton	Schaller
No high school diploma	3.2%	20.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lytton	Schaller
Drove alone	84.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lytton	Schaller
1-unit, detached	83.2%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lytton	Schaller
Poverty rate	9.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1954	1950