Granger vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (7,928 vs 1,919 in Granger). Granger has the higher median household income ($112,125 vs $63,983 in Perry). Granger has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $122,100 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Granger	Perry
Population	1,919	7,928
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,125	$63,983
Median home value	$290,100	$122,100
Median gross rent	$923	$877
Housing units	784	3,415
Homeownership rate	82.6%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granger	Perry
Population	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)	7,599 → 7,928 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)	$44,146 → $63,983 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)	$89,900 → $122,100 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)	$760 → $877 (+15.4%)

Granger

Population

1,7561,919

Median household income

$95,590$112,125

Median home value

$210,700$290,100

Median gross rent

$886$923

Perry

Population

7,5997,928

Median household income

$44,146$63,983

Median home value

$89,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$760$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granger	Perry
Under 5	8.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	19.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	3.0%	10.0%
75 and over	6.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granger	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	66.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granger	Perry
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granger	Perry
Drove alone	77.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	9.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granger	Perry
1-unit, detached	79.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Granger	Perry
Poverty rate	4.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	2004	1957