Goose Lake vs Grand Mound

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

Goose Lake 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 309 in Goose Lake). Grand Mound has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $70,625 in Goose Lake). Grand Mound has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $125,000 in Goose Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
Population	309	554
Median age	30.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$84,286
Median home value	$125,000	$150,500
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	104	223
Homeownership rate	94.6%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
Population	207 → 309 (+49.3%)	628 → 554 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,625 (-0.9%)	$67,750 → $84,286 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $125,000 (-5.7%)	$116,700 → $150,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $733 (-2.3%)

Goose Lake

Population

207309

Median household income

$71,250$70,625

Median home value

$132,500$125,000

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)

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
Under 5	2.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	33.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	21.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	5.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	10.3%
75 and over	4.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	2.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
No high school diploma	23.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	12.4%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
Drove alone	96.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
1-unit, detached	91.3%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goose Lake	Grand Mound
Poverty rate	20.6%	12.1%
Average household size	3.32	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1962	1948