Garden Grove vs Lamoni

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

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

Lamoni has the higher population (2,121 vs 178 in Garden Grove). Garden Grove has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $52,300 in Lamoni). Lamoni has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $48,600 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
Population	178	2,121
Median age	48.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$52,300
Median home value	$48,600	$107,900
Median gross rent	$535	$676
Housing units	104	916
Homeownership rate	89.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
Population	176 → 178 (+1.1%)	2,554 → 2,121 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $53,750 (+29.2%)	$37,373 → $52,300 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$31,100 → $48,600 (+56.3%)	$93,300 → $107,900 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $535 (+37.9%)	$614 → $676 (+10.1%)

Garden Grove

Population

176178

Median household income

$41,607$53,750

Median home value

$31,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$388$535

Lamoni

Population

2,5542,121

Median household income

$37,373$52,300

Median home value

$93,300$107,900

Median gross rent

$614$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
Under 5	2.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	10.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	33.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	29.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.1%
75 and over	2.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
Drove alone	96.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
1-unit, detached	71.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Lamoni
Poverty rate	24.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	31	12
Median year structure built	1955	1971