Grand River vs Lamoni

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

Grand River 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 189 in Grand River). Lamoni has the higher median household income ($52,300 vs $35,833 in Grand River). Lamoni has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $38,400 in Grand River).

Population, income & housing

	Grand River	Lamoni
Population	189	2,121
Median age	46.1 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$52,300
Median home value	$38,400	$107,900
Median gross rent	$844	$676
Housing units	127	916
Homeownership rate	70.4%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand River	Lamoni
Population	219 → 189 (-13.7%)	2,554 → 2,121 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $35,833 (-11.5%)	$37,373 → $52,300 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$32,000 → $38,400 (+20.0%)	$93,300 → $107,900 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $844 (+58.9%)	$614 → $676 (+10.1%)

Grand River

Population

219189

Median household income

$40,500$35,833

Median home value

$32,000$38,400

Median gross rent

$531$844

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)

	Grand River	Lamoni
Under 5	6.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	13.2%	33.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.1%
75 and over	15.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand River	Lamoni
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand River	Lamoni
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	50.4%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand River	Lamoni
Drove alone	93.2%	66.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand River	Lamoni
1-unit, detached	81.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Grand River	Lamoni
Poverty rate	20.1%	13.2%
Average household size	1.93	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	12
Median year structure built	1938	1971