Cumberland vs Griswold

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

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

Griswold has the higher population (1,020 vs 262 in Cumberland). Griswold has the higher median household income ($61,167 vs $44,427 in Cumberland). Griswold has the higher median home value ($89,400 vs $60,000 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Griswold
Population	262	1,020
Median age	45.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,427	$61,167
Median home value	$60,000	$89,400
Median gross rent	$755	$937
Housing units	115	485
Homeownership rate	70.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Griswold
Population	190 → 262 (+37.9%)	1,191 → 1,020 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $44,427 (+40.3%)	$49,375 → $61,167 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $60,000 (+16.1%)	$79,300 → $89,400 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $755 (+56.6%)	$683 → $937 (+37.2%)

Cumberland

Population

190262

Median household income

$31,667$44,427

Median home value

$51,700$60,000

Median gross rent

$482$755

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)

	Cumberland	Griswold
Under 5	1.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	29.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.9%
75 and over	4.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Griswold
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.3%
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	6.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Griswold
No high school diploma	26.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Griswold
Drove alone	83.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Griswold
1-unit, detached	82.6%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Griswold
Poverty rate	16.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938