Granger vs Van Meter

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

Granger and Van Meter 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 1,469 in Van Meter). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $112,125 in Granger). Granger has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $250,300 in Van Meter).

Population, income & housing

	Granger	Van Meter
Population	1,919	1,469
Median age	32.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,125	$133,750
Median home value	$290,100	$250,300
Median gross rent	$923	$947
Housing units	784	469
Homeownership rate	82.6%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granger	Van Meter
Population	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)

Granger

Population

1,7561,919

Median household income

$95,590$112,125

Median home value

$210,700$290,100

Median gross rent

$886$923

Van Meter

Population

1,2391,469

Median household income

$94,375$133,750

Median home value

$169,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$778$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granger	Van Meter
Under 5	8.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	26.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	19.9%	18.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	7.9%
75 and over	6.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granger	Van Meter
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granger	Van Meter
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granger	Van Meter
Drove alone	77.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.2%	17.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granger	Van Meter
1-unit, detached	79.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Granger	Van Meter
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.78	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	2004	1978