Garden Grove vs Weldon

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

Garden Grove and Weldon 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 90 in Weldon). Garden Grove has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $37,708 in Weldon). Since 2019, Garden Grove's population has grown faster (+1.1% vs -36.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Weldon
Population	178	90
Median age	48.5 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$37,708
Median home value	$48,600	—
Median gross rent	$535	—
Housing units	104	47
Homeownership rate	89.7%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Weldon
Population	176 → 178 (+1.1%)	142 → 90 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $53,750 (+29.2%)	$31,875 → $37,708 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$31,100 → $48,600 (+56.3%)	$54,400 → $78,300 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $535 (+37.9%)	$825 → $825 (+0.0%)

Garden Grove

Population

176178

Median household income

$41,607$53,750

Median home value

$31,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$388$535

Weldon

Population

14290

Median household income

$31,875$37,708

Median home value

$54,400$78,300

Median gross rent

$825$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Weldon
Under 5	2.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	2.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	29.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	24.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	16.7%
75 and over	2.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Weldon
No high school diploma	8.6%	17.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Weldon
Drove alone	96.1%	97.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Weldon
1-unit, detached	71.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Weldon
Poverty rate	24.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1955	1938