Griswold vs Wiota

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

Griswold and Wiota 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 82 in Wiota). Wiota has the higher median household income ($76,042 vs $61,167 in Griswold). Wiota has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $89,400 in Griswold).

Population, income & housing

	Griswold	Wiota
Population	1,020	82
Median age	47.2 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,167	$76,042
Median home value	$89,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$937	—
Housing units	485	48
Homeownership rate	80.5%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griswold	Wiota
Population	1,191 → 1,020 (-14.4%)	58 → 82 (+41.4%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $61,167 (+23.9%)	$49,583 → $76,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $89,400 (+12.7%)	$86,700 → $112,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $937 (+37.2%)	—

Griswold

Population

1,1911,020

Median household income

$49,375$61,167

Median home value

$79,300$89,400

Median gross rent

$683$937

Wiota

Population

5882

Median household income

$49,583$76,042

Median home value

$86,700$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griswold	Wiota
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	30.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.4%
75 and over	14.5%	39.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griswold	Wiota
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griswold	Wiota
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	35.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griswold	Wiota
Drove alone	82.6%	97.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griswold	Wiota
1-unit, detached	91.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Griswold	Wiota
Poverty rate	11.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.29	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938