Grand Mound vs Wheatland

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (921 vs 554 in Grand Mound). Grand Mound has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $36,071 in Wheatland). Grand Mound has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $119,200 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
Population	554	921
Median age	33.7 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,286	$36,071
Median home value	$150,500	$119,200
Median gross rent	$733	$803
Housing units	223	389
Homeownership rate	80.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
Population	628 → 554 (-11.8%)	715 → 921 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$67,750 → $84,286 (+24.4%)	$53,125 → $36,071 (-32.1%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $150,500 (+29.0%)	$96,500 → $119,200 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $733 (-2.3%)	$739 → $803 (+8.7%)

Grand Mound

Population

628554

Median household income

$67,750$84,286

Median home value

$116,700$150,500

Median gross rent

$750$733

Wheatland

Population

715921

Median household income

$53,125$36,071

Median home value

$96,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$739$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
Under 5	9.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	37.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	4.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.9%
75 and over	7.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
Drove alone	79.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.5%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	87.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	Wheatland
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1948	1946