Charlotte vs Grand Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Grand Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Mound has the higher population (554 vs 431 in Charlotte). Grand Mound has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $69,792 in Charlotte). Grand Mound has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $95,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
Population	431	554
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$84,286
Median home value	$95,500	$150,500
Median gross rent	$704	$733
Housing units	193	223
Homeownership rate	78.1%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
Population	323 → 431 (+33.4%)	628 → 554 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$61,500 → $69,792 (+13.5%)	$67,750 → $84,286 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $95,500 (-7.8%)	$116,700 → $150,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $704 (+22.4%)	$750 → $733 (-2.3%)

Charlotte

Population

323431

Median household income

$61,500$69,792

Median home value

$103,600$95,500

Median gross rent

$575$704

Grand Mound

Population

628554

Median household income

$67,750$84,286

Median home value

$116,700$150,500

Median gross rent

$750$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
Under 5	2.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	92.4%
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	7.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
Drove alone	90.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
1-unit, detached	83.4%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Grand Mound
Poverty rate	13.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1952	1948