Davis City vs Garden Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Davis City and Garden Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Davis City and Garden Grove are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garden Grove has the higher population (178 vs 170 in Davis City). Garden Grove has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $37,417 in Davis City). Garden Grove has the higher median home value ($48,600 vs $45,500 in Davis City).

Population, income & housing

	Davis City	Garden Grove
Population	170	178
Median age	37.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,417	$53,750
Median home value	$45,500	$48,600
Median gross rent	$725	$535
Housing units	94	104
Homeownership rate	66.7%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis City	Garden Grove
Population	235 → 170 (-27.7%)	176 → 178 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$36,042 → $37,417 (+3.8%)	$41,607 → $53,750 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$36,100 → $45,500 (+26.0%)	$31,100 → $48,600 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $725 (+19.2%)	$388 → $535 (+37.9%)

Davis City

Population

235170

Median household income

$36,042$37,417

Median home value

$36,100$45,500

Median gross rent

$608$725

Garden Grove

Population

176178

Median household income

$41,607$53,750

Median home value

$31,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$388$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis City	Garden Grove
Under 5	0.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	29.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.6%
75 and over	8.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis City	Garden Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis City	Garden Grove
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis City	Garden Grove
Drove alone	78.5%	96.1%
Carpooled	16.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis City	Garden Grove
1-unit, detached	84.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Davis City	Garden Grove
Poverty rate	18.8%	24.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1938	1955