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Grinnell, IA

9,505 Population
5.7 square miles 1,670.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Poweshiek County: 41 ±1
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,165 ±$5,276 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Poweshiek County: $38,109 ±$2,844
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,320 ±$11,429 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Poweshiek County: $67,391 ±$5,210
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±3.1% (886  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Poweshiek County: 10.8% † 1,814 (±2.1% / ±360)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.3 minutes ±1.5 (46,645  ±6,773) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Poweshiek County: 18.6 146,175 (±1.8 / ±15,425)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,635 ±227 Number of households
  • Poweshiek County: 7,804 ±274
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,952  ±71) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Poweshiek County: 2.2 16,892 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.5% (35  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.7% † 157 (±2% / ±84)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,976 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Poweshiek County: 8,975 ±64
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$209,500 ±$15,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Poweshiek County: $209,300 ±$13,672
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.2% ±4.3% (2,198  ±403.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 16.4% † 3,018 (±2.5% / ±453)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±7.4% (5,459  ±473) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Poweshiek County: 94.9% 11,591 (±4.8% / ±595.4)
  • 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)
37.5% ±4.8% (2,162  ±289.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 27.3% † 3,339 (±2.8% / ±338.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • a little higher than 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

5.7% ±1.4% (543  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Poweshiek County: 3.6% 672
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.4% (571  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Poweshiek County: 6.9% † 1,036 (±1.3% / ±198)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
571 Total veterans ±189 538 Male ±188 33 Female ±29

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