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Grinnell, IA Urban Area

9,439 Population
4.3 square miles 2,177.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,966 ±$5,276 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,931 ±$11,304 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±3.1% (886  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.3 minutes ±1.5 (46,515  ±6,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,601 ±224 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,886  ±83) Persons per household
  • 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 one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,916 ±227 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,600 ±$15,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.4% ±4.3% (2,198  ±403.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±7.5% (5,393  ±471.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.4% ±4.8% (2,130  ±286.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

5.8% ±1.4% (543  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.5% (571  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • 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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