College City vs Grimes

A side-by-side comparison of College City and Grimes: population, income, housing, and more.

College City and Grimes are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

College City has the higher population (575 vs 371 in Grimes). College City has the higher median household income ($64,130 vs $47,566 in Grimes). Since 2019, College City's population has grown faster (+238.2% vs +21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	College City	Grimes
Population	575	371
Median age	38.3 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,130	$47,566
Median home value	$441,700	—
Housing units	154	137
Homeownership rate	52.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College City	Grimes
Population	170 → 575 (+238.2%)	305 → 371 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $64,130 (-10.8%)	$26,111 → $47,566 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$292,500 → $441,700 (+51.0%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$872 → $1,125 (+29.0%)

College City

Population

170575

Median household income

$71,875$64,130

Median home value

$292,500$441,700

Grimes

Population

305371

Median household income

$26,111$47,566

Median gross rent

$872$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College City	Grimes
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.6%	8.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	51.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.0%
75 and over	10.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College City	Grimes
White (non-Hispanic)	33.6%	27.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	21.0%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	51.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College City	Grimes
No high school diploma	45.4%	59.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	5.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College City	Grimes
Drove alone	60.3%	11.0%
Carpooled	27.0%	24.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	12.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	64.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College City	Grimes
1-unit, detached	83.1%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	College City	Grimes
Poverty rate	0.0%	45.3%
Average household size	3.73	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1945	1938