Appleton City vs Lowry City

A side-by-side comparison of Appleton City and Lowry City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Appleton City has the higher population (1,187 vs 587 in Lowry City). Appleton City has the higher median household income ($44,615 vs $42,159 in Lowry City). Appleton City has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $84,300 in Lowry City).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton City	Lowry City
Population	1,187	587
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,615	$42,159
Median home value	$86,500	$84,300
Median gross rent	$503	$707
Housing units	625	312
Homeownership rate	55.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton City	Lowry City
Population	1,163 → 1,187 (+2.1%)	709 → 587 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$33,092 → $44,615 (+34.8%)	$32,344 → $42,159 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$61,800 → $86,500 (+40.0%)	$60,000 → $84,300 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $503 (-3.3%)	$728 → $707 (-2.9%)

Appleton City

Population

1,1631,187

Median household income

$33,092$44,615

Median home value

$61,800$86,500

Median gross rent

$520$503

Lowry City

Population

709587

Median household income

$32,344$42,159

Median home value

$60,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$728$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton City	Lowry City
Under 5	4.8%	13.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	7.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	21.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.2%
75 and over	20.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton City	Lowry City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton City	Lowry City
No high school diploma	14.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	41.6%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton City	Lowry City
Drove alone	76.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton City	Lowry City
1-unit, detached	68.3%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Appleton City	Lowry City
Poverty rate	14.2%	23.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1972	1971