Griswold vs Lewis

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

Griswold and Lewis 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 465 in Lewis). Griswold has the higher median household income ($61,167 vs $34,341 in Lewis). Griswold has the higher median home value ($89,400 vs $60,700 in Lewis).

Population, income & housing

	Griswold	Lewis
Population	1,020	465
Median age	47.2 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,167	$34,341
Median home value	$89,400	$60,700
Median gross rent	$937	$638
Housing units	485	250
Homeownership rate	80.5%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griswold	Lewis
Population	1,191 → 1,020 (-14.4%)	420 → 465 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $61,167 (+23.9%)	$52,813 → $34,341 (-35.0%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $89,400 (+12.7%)	$66,300 → $60,700 (-8.4%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $937 (+37.2%)	$517 → $638 (+23.4%)

Griswold

Population

1,1911,020

Median household income

$49,375$61,167

Median home value

$79,300$89,400

Median gross rent

$683$937

Lewis

Population

420465

Median household income

$52,813$34,341

Median home value

$66,300$60,700

Median gross rent

$517$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griswold	Lewis
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	7.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	26.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	23.2%
75 and over	14.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griswold	Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.8%
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	5.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griswold	Lewis
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griswold	Lewis
Drove alone	82.6%	88.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griswold	Lewis
1-unit, detached	91.1%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Griswold	Lewis
Poverty rate	11.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938