Granger vs Waukee

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

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

Waukee has the higher population (26,974 vs 1,919 in Granger). Granger has the higher median household income ($112,125 vs $106,728 in Waukee). Waukee has the higher median home value ($328,200 vs $290,100 in Granger).

Population, income & housing

	Granger	Waukee
Population	1,919	26,974
Median age	32.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,125	$106,728
Median home value	$290,100	$328,200
Median gross rent	$923	$1,290
Housing units	784	11,023
Homeownership rate	82.6%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granger	Waukee
Population	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)	20,785 → 26,974 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)	$94,580 → $106,728 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)	$238,900 → $328,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)	$1,130 → $1,290 (+14.2%)

Granger

Population

1,7561,919

Median household income

$95,590$112,125

Median home value

$210,700$290,100

Median gross rent

$886$923

Waukee

Population

20,78526,974

Median household income

$94,580$106,728

Median home value

$238,900$328,200

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granger	Waukee
Under 5	8.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	19.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	3.0%	5.8%
75 and over	6.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granger	Waukee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granger	Waukee
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.7%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granger	Waukee
Drove alone	77.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	21.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granger	Waukee
1-unit, detached	79.8%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Granger	Waukee
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	2004	2009