Grimes vs Maxwell

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

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

Maxwell has the higher population (1,174 vs 371 in Grimes). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $47,566 in Grimes). Since 2019, Grimes's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs +9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Grimes	Maxwell
Population	371	1,174
Median age	57.6 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,566	$64,286
Median home value	—	$234,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,356
Housing units	137	403
Homeownership rate	57.9%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grimes	Maxwell
Population	305 → 371 (+21.6%)	1,076 → 1,174 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$26,111 → $47,566 (+82.2%)	$64,239 → $64,286 (+0.1%)
Median home value	—	$210,300 → $234,400 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,125 (+29.0%)	$929 → $1,356 (+46.0%)

Grimes

Population

305371

Median household income

$26,111$47,566

Median gross rent

$872$1,125

Maxwell

Population

1,0761,174

Median household income

$64,239$64,286

Median home value

$210,300$234,400

Median gross rent

$929$1,356

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grimes	Maxwell
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	8.6%	26.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	51.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.3%
75 and over	6.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grimes	Maxwell
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	26.6%
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	21.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	72.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grimes	Maxwell
No high school diploma	59.9%	41.1%
High school graduate	25.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	5.6%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grimes	Maxwell
Drove alone	11.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	24.4%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	64.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grimes	Maxwell
1-unit, detached	76.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grimes	Maxwell
Poverty rate	45.3%	19.7%
Average household size	3.07	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1958