Adel vs Granger

A side-by-side comparison of Adel and Granger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adel has the higher population (6,259 vs 1,919 in Granger). Granger has the higher median household income ($112,125 vs $96,905 in Adel). Adel has the higher median home value ($320,500 vs $290,100 in Granger).

Population, income & housing

	Adel	Granger
Population	6,259	1,919
Median age	36.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,905	$112,125
Median home value	$320,500	$290,100
Median gross rent	$842	$923
Housing units	2,376	784
Homeownership rate	67.7%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adel	Granger
Population	4,588 → 6,259 (+36.4%)	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $96,905 (+49.1%)	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $320,500 (+77.8%)	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $842 (+18.9%)	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)

Adel

Population

4,5886,259

Median household income

$65,000$96,905

Median home value

$180,300$320,500

Median gross rent

$708$842

Granger

Population

1,7561,919

Median household income

$95,590$112,125

Median home value

$210,700$290,100

Median gross rent

$886$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adel	Granger
Under 5	11.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	23.5%	19.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	3.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adel	Granger
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adel	Granger
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adel	Granger
Drove alone	74.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	15.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adel	Granger
1-unit, detached	74.0%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Adel	Granger
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1997	2004