Grand River vs Leon

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

Grand River 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 189 in Grand River). Leon has the higher median household income ($54,868 vs $35,833 in Grand River). Leon has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $38,400 in Grand River).

Population, income & housing

	Grand River	Leon
Population	189	1,795
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$54,868
Median home value	$38,400	$79,600
Median gross rent	$844	$542
Housing units	127	954
Homeownership rate	70.4%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand River	Leon
Population	219 → 189 (-13.7%)	1,868 → 1,795 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $35,833 (-11.5%)	$42,679 → $54,868 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$32,000 → $38,400 (+20.0%)	$75,200 → $79,600 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $844 (+58.9%)	$465 → $542 (+16.6%)

Grand River

Population

219189

Median household income

$40,500$35,833

Median home value

$32,000$38,400

Median gross rent

$531$844

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)

	Grand River	Leon
Under 5	6.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	5.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	13.2%	13.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.4%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.6%
75 and over	15.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand River	Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand River	Leon
No high school diploma	3.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	50.4%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand River	Leon
Drove alone	93.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand River	Leon
1-unit, detached	81.1%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand River	Leon
Poverty rate	20.1%	8.2%
Average household size	1.93	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1938	1955