Garden Grove vs Grand River

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

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

Grand River has the higher population (189 vs 178 in Garden Grove). Garden Grove has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $35,833 in Grand River). Garden Grove has the higher median home value ($48,600 vs $38,400 in Grand River).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Grand River
Population	178	189
Median age	48.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$35,833
Median home value	$48,600	$38,400
Median gross rent	$535	$844
Housing units	104	127
Homeownership rate	89.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Grand River
Population	176 → 178 (+1.1%)	219 → 189 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $53,750 (+29.2%)	$40,500 → $35,833 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$31,100 → $48,600 (+56.3%)	$32,000 → $38,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $535 (+37.9%)	$531 → $844 (+58.9%)

Garden Grove

Population

176178

Median household income

$41,607$53,750

Median home value

$31,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$388$535

Grand River

Population

219189

Median household income

$40,500$35,833

Median home value

$32,000$38,400

Median gross rent

$531$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Grand River
Under 5	2.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	5.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	13.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	29.8%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.7%
75 and over	2.2%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Grand River
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Grand River
No high school diploma	8.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	39.8%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Grand River
Drove alone	96.1%	93.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Grand River
1-unit, detached	71.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Grand River
Poverty rate	24.2%	20.1%
Average household size	2.05	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1955	1938