Griswold vs Massena

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

Griswold and Massena 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 410 in Massena). Massena has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $61,167 in Griswold). Massena has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $89,400 in Griswold).

Population, income & housing

	Griswold	Massena
Population	1,020	410
Median age	47.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,167	$61,250
Median home value	$89,400	$96,900
Median gross rent	$937	$584
Housing units	485	186
Homeownership rate	80.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griswold	Massena
Population	1,191 → 1,020 (-14.4%)	314 → 410 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $61,167 (+23.9%)	$52,500 → $61,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $89,400 (+12.7%)	$76,900 → $96,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $937 (+37.2%)	$486 → $584 (+20.2%)

Griswold

Population

1,1911,020

Median household income

$49,375$61,167

Median home value

$79,300$89,400

Median gross rent

$683$937

Massena

Population

314410

Median household income

$52,500$61,250

Median home value

$76,900$96,900

Median gross rent

$486$584

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griswold	Massena
Under 5	4.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	3.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.7%
75 and over	14.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griswold	Massena
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griswold	Massena
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griswold	Massena
Drove alone	82.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	9.0%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griswold	Massena
1-unit, detached	91.1%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Griswold	Massena
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1938	1964