Grantsburg vs Marengo

A side-by-side comparison of Grantsburg and Marengo: population, income, housing, and more.

Grantsburg and Marengo are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marengo has the higher population (823 vs 175 in Grantsburg). Grantsburg has the higher median household income ($70,641 vs $43,458 in Marengo). Since 2019, Marengo's population has grown faster (+25.5% vs +12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Grantsburg	Marengo
Population	175	823
Median age	24.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,641	$43,458
Median home value	—	$87,500
Median gross rent	—	$637
Housing units	72	478
Homeownership rate	45.8%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantsburg	Marengo
Population	156 → 175 (+12.2%)	656 → 823 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$62,875 → $70,641 (+12.4%)	$32,632 → $43,458 (+33.2%)
Median home value	—	$73,000 → $87,500 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $637 (-5.6%)

Grantsburg

Population

156175

Median household income

$62,875$70,641

Marengo

Population

656823

Median household income

$32,632$43,458

Median home value

$73,000$87,500

Median gross rent

$675$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grantsburg	Marengo
Under 5	15.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	22.3%	13.7%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.0%
75 and over	11.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantsburg	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantsburg	Marengo
No high school diploma	12.7%	19.5%
High school graduate	46.8%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantsburg	Marengo
Drove alone	31.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	68.4%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantsburg	Marengo
1-unit, detached	36.1%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	63.9%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Grantsburg	Marengo
Poverty rate	22.9%	22.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1979	1967