Denver vs Grissom AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Denver and Grissom AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grissom AFB has the higher population (2,882 vs 549 in Denver). Denver has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $52,829 in Grissom AFB). Denver has the higher median home value ($92,400 vs $84,700 in Grissom AFB).

Population, income & housing

	Denver	Grissom AFB
Population	549	2,882
Median age	31.9 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$52,829
Median home value	$92,400	$84,700
Median gross rent	$638	$864
Housing units	197	958
Homeownership rate	86.9%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver	Grissom AFB
Population	436 → 549 (+25.9%)	2,453 → 2,882 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $70,000 (+29.2%)	$50,956 → $52,829 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $92,400 (+21.6%)	$59,100 → $84,700 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $638 (-16.1%)	$814 → $864 (+6.1%)

Denver

Population

436549

Median household income

$54,167$70,000

Median home value

$76,000$92,400

Median gross rent

$760$638

Grissom AFB

Population

2,4532,882

Median household income

$50,956$52,829

Median home value

$59,100$84,700

Median gross rent

$814$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denver	Grissom AFB
Under 5	6.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	17.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	3.5%	7.0%
75 and over	8.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver	Grissom AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.7%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver	Grissom AFB
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	53.2%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver	Grissom AFB
Drove alone	85.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver	Grissom AFB
1-unit, detached	91.4%	16.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	56.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Denver	Grissom AFB
Poverty rate	9.9%	15.6%
Average household size	3.12	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1938	1962