Grandview vs Santa Claus

A side-by-side comparison of Grandview and Santa Claus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Claus has the higher population (2,822 vs 783 in Grandview). Santa Claus has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $48,333 in Grandview). Santa Claus has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $123,600 in Grandview).

Population, income & housing

	Grandview	Santa Claus
Population	783	2,822
Median age	34.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$101,875
Median home value	$123,600	$247,400
Median gross rent	$911	$1,275
Housing units	307	1,137
Homeownership rate	70.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandview	Santa Claus
Population	995 → 783 (-21.3%)	2,670 → 2,822 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$38,490 → $48,333 (+25.6%)	$77,426 → $101,875 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $123,600 (+57.7%)	$166,700 → $247,400 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $911 (+10.4%)	$1,022 → $1,275 (+24.8%)

Grandview

Population

995783

Median household income

$38,490$48,333

Median home value

$78,400$123,600

Median gross rent

$825$911

Santa Claus

Population

2,6702,822

Median household income

$77,426$101,875

Median home value

$166,700$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandview	Santa Claus
Under 5	3.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.8%
75 and over	6.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandview	Santa Claus
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	96.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandview	Santa Claus
No high school diploma	12.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandview	Santa Claus
Drove alone	94.2%	85.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandview	Santa Claus
1-unit, detached	63.5%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grandview	Santa Claus
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1976	1995