Garden Grove vs Van Wert

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

Garden Grove and Van Wert 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 131 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $53,750 in Garden Grove). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($62,300 vs $48,600 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
Population	178	131
Median age	48.5 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$58,750
Median home value	$48,600	$62,300
Median gross rent	$535	$688
Housing units	104	86
Homeownership rate	89.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
Population	176 → 178 (+1.1%)	142 → 131 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $53,750 (+29.2%)	$40,313 → $58,750 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$31,100 → $48,600 (+56.3%)	$58,600 → $62,300 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $535 (+37.9%)	$1,097 → $688 (-37.3%)

Garden Grove

Population

176178

Median household income

$41,607$53,750

Median home value

$31,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$388$535

Van Wert

Population

142131

Median household income

$40,313$58,750

Median home value

$58,600$62,300

Median gross rent

$1,097$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
Under 5	2.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	8.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	13.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	1.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	29.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	21.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	18.3%
75 and over	2.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	98.5%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
No high school diploma	8.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
Drove alone	96.1%	90.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	71.2%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Van Wert
Poverty rate	24.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.05	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1955	1956