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Lowden, IA

699 Population
1.1 square miles 651.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±11.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cedar County: 44 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,205 ±$5,562 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cedar County: $41,417 ±$2,095
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,118 ±$10,525 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cedar County: $80,602 ±$2,675
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.7% ±4.2% (54  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Cedar County: 7.3% † 1,321 (±1.3% / ±226)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.3 minutes ±1.2 (9,395  ±2,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cedar County: 26.8 217,265 (±1.4 / ±15,493)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

359 ±62 Number of households
  • Cedar County: 7,622 ±184
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (699  ±124) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cedar County: 2.4 18,078 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±12.6% (10  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cedar County: 5.4% † 212 (±2.1% / ±83)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

372 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Cedar County: 8,300 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,800 ±$20,953 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cedar County: $211,300 ±$11,220
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±10.4% (92  ±74.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cedar County: 10.8% † 1,955 (±2.3% / ±419.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±22.6% (483  ±81.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cedar County: 95.7% 12,657 (±4.2% / ±552.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±9.2% (116  ±50.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cedar County: 23.7% 3,138 (±2.1% / ±283.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

8.7% ±2.9% (49  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cedar County: 7.7% † 1,119 (±1% / ±142)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±18 43 Male ±17 6 Female ±5

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