Garden Grove vs Leon

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

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

Leon has the higher population (1,795 vs 178 in Garden Grove). Leon has the higher median household income ($54,868 vs $53,750 in Garden Grove). Leon has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $48,600 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Leon
Population	178	1,795
Median age	48.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$54,868
Median home value	$48,600	$79,600
Median gross rent	$535	$542
Housing units	104	954
Homeownership rate	89.7%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Leon
Population	176 → 178 (+1.1%)	1,868 → 1,795 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $53,750 (+29.2%)	$42,679 → $54,868 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$31,100 → $48,600 (+56.3%)	$75,200 → $79,600 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $535 (+37.9%)	$465 → $542 (+16.6%)

Garden Grove

Population

176178

Median household income

$41,607$53,750

Median home value

$31,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$388$535

Leon

Population

1,8681,795

Median household income

$42,679$54,868

Median home value

$75,200$79,600

Median gross rent

$465$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Leon
Under 5	2.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	13.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	4.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	29.8%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.6%
75 and over	2.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Leon
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	39.8%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Leon
Drove alone	96.1%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Leon
1-unit, detached	71.2%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Leon
Poverty rate	24.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1955	1955