Lithium vs Longtown

A side-by-side comparison of Lithium and Longtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Lithium and Longtown are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Longtown has the higher population (99 vs 43 in Lithium). Since 2019, Longtown's population has grown faster (-23.3% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lithium	Longtown
Population	43	99
Median age	47.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,125
Median home value	—	$125,000
Housing units	23	43
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lithium	Longtown
Population	102 → 43 (-57.8%)	129 → 99 (-23.3%)
Median household income	—	$53,750 → $78,125 (+45.3%)
Median home value	—	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)

Lithium

Population

10243

Longtown

Population

12999

Median household income

$53,750$78,125

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lithium	Longtown
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	30.2%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	23.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	48.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.2%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lithium	Longtown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lithium	Longtown
No high school diploma	30.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	46.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lithium	Longtown
Drove alone	100.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lithium	Longtown
1-unit, detached	60.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	39.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Lithium	Longtown
Poverty rate	20.9%	7.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	—	1938