De Soto vs Granger

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

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

Granger has the higher population (1,919 vs 943 in De Soto). Granger has the higher median household income ($112,125 vs $92,500 in De Soto). Granger has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $210,500 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Granger
Population	943	1,919
Median age	34.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$112,125
Median home value	$210,500	$290,100
Median gross rent	$933	$923
Housing units	392	784
Homeownership rate	87.9%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Granger
Population	1,025 → 943 (-8.0%)	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$67,019 → $92,500 (+38.0%)	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $210,500 (+47.2%)	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $933 (+35.2%)	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)

De Soto

Population

1,025943

Median household income

$67,019$92,500

Median home value

$143,000$210,500

Median gross rent

$690$933

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)

	De Soto	Granger
Under 5	7.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	19.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	3.0%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Granger
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Granger
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Granger
Drove alone	74.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Granger
1-unit, detached	81.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Granger
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1976	2004