Atlantic vs Griswold

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic and Griswold: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlantic and Griswold are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atlantic has the higher population (6,773 vs 1,020 in Griswold). Griswold has the higher median household income ($61,167 vs $57,486 in Atlantic). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $89,400 in Griswold).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Griswold
Population	6,773	1,020
Median age	43.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,486	$61,167
Median home value	$134,900	$89,400
Median gross rent	$750	$937
Housing units	3,493	485
Homeownership rate	61.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Griswold
Population	6,669 → 6,773 (+1.6%)	1,191 → 1,020 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$41,542 → $57,486 (+38.4%)	$49,375 → $61,167 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$79,300 → $89,400 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $750 (+20.6%)	$683 → $937 (+37.2%)

Atlantic

Population

6,6696,773

Median household income

$41,542$57,486

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$622$750

Griswold

Population

1,1911,020

Median household income

$49,375$61,167

Median home value

$79,300$89,400

Median gross rent

$683$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Griswold
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.9%
75 and over	9.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Griswold
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Griswold
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	38.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Griswold
Drove alone	80.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Griswold
1-unit, detached	69.9%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Griswold
Poverty rate	23.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	10	25
Median year structure built	1958	1938