Granger vs Woodward

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

Granger and Woodward 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 1,002 in Woodward). Granger has the higher median household income ($112,125 vs $68,571 in Woodward). Granger has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $179,500 in Woodward).

Population, income & housing

	Granger	Woodward
Population	1,919	1,002
Median age	32.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,125	$68,571
Median home value	$290,100	$179,500
Median gross rent	$923	$484
Housing units	784	377
Homeownership rate	82.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granger	Woodward
Population	1,756 → 1,919 (+9.3%)	1,243 → 1,002 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$95,590 → $112,125 (+17.3%)	$64,118 → $68,571 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $290,100 (+37.7%)	$137,500 → $179,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $923 (+4.2%)	$763 → $484 (-36.6%)

Granger

Population

1,7561,919

Median household income

$95,590$112,125

Median home value

$210,700$290,100

Median gross rent

$886$923

Woodward

Population

1,2431,002

Median household income

$64,118$68,571

Median home value

$137,500$179,500

Median gross rent

$763$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granger	Woodward
Under 5	8.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	19.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granger	Woodward
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granger	Woodward
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.7%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granger	Woodward
Drove alone	77.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	9.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granger	Woodward
1-unit, detached	79.8%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Granger	Woodward
Poverty rate	4.1%	10.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	2004	1958