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Grinnell, IA

9,527 Population
5.7 square miles 1,674.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Poweshiek County: 40.8 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,382 ±$5,007 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Poweshiek County: $37,173 ±$2,835
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$64,426 ±$11,743 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Poweshiek County: $64,837 ±$3,523
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

10.9% ±2.9% (878  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Poweshiek County: 11.1% † 1,886 (±2.1% / ±353)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.7 minutes ±1.7 (52,605  ±7,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Poweshiek County: 19.3 153,110 (±1.6 / ±14,600)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,741 ±184 Number of households
  • Poweshiek County: 7,791 ±219
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.1 (8,015  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Poweshiek County: 2.2 16,969 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.1% ±1.8% (50  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.8% † 157 (±1.8% / ±76)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,994 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Poweshiek County: 8,946 ±54
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$191,700 ±$16,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Poweshiek County: $184,200 ±$13,329
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

24.3% ±4.6% (2,300  ±437.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 17.3% † 3,186 (±2.5% / ±464.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.3% ±7.6% (5,513  ±482.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Poweshiek County: 94.6% 11,530 (±4.8% / ±591.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
41.1% ±5% (2,378  ±300.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 28.2% 3,431 (±2.7% / ±327.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

5.4% ±1.5% (511  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.4% 632
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.8% ±2% (528  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Poweshiek County: 6.9% † 1,030 (±1.2% / ±180)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
528 Total veterans ±153 498 Male ±150 30 Female ±30

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