Iowa City vs Lone Tree

A side-by-side comparison of Iowa City and Lone Tree: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iowa City has the higher population (75,264 vs 1,285 in Lone Tree). Lone Tree has the higher median household income ($80,294 vs $57,533 in Iowa City). Iowa City has the higher median home value ($273,600 vs $170,700 in Lone Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
Population	75,264	1,285
Median age	26.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,533	$80,294
Median home value	$273,600	$170,700
Median gross rent	$1,094	$947
Housing units	33,855	545
Homeownership rate	46.3%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
Population	74,950 → 75,264 (+0.4%)	1,312 → 1,285 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$49,075 → $57,533 (+17.2%)	$62,137 → $80,294 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $273,600 (+27.2%)	$156,200 → $170,700 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,094 (+13.1%)	$695 → $947 (+36.3%)

Iowa City

Population

74,95075,264

Median household income

$49,075$57,533

Median home value

$215,100$273,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,094

Lone Tree

Population

1,3121,285

Median household income

$62,137$80,294

Median home value

$156,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$695$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
Under 5	4.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	33.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.4%
75 and over	5.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	13.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
Drove alone	56.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.4%
Public transit	6.7%	0.7%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
1-unit, detached	40.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	8.4%
20 or more units	18.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Iowa City	Lone Tree
Poverty rate	26.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1984	1968