Grand River vs Van Wert

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

Grand River and Van Wert are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand River has the higher population (189 vs 131 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $35,833 in Grand River). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($62,300 vs $38,400 in Grand River).

Population, income & housing

	Grand River	Van Wert
Population	189	131
Median age	46.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$58,750
Median home value	$38,400	$62,300
Median gross rent	$844	$688
Housing units	127	86
Homeownership rate	70.4%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand River	Van Wert
Population	219 → 189 (-13.7%)	142 → 131 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $35,833 (-11.5%)	$40,313 → $58,750 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$32,000 → $38,400 (+20.0%)	$58,600 → $62,300 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $844 (+58.9%)	$1,097 → $688 (-37.3%)

Grand River

Population

219189

Median household income

$40,500$35,833

Median home value

$32,000$38,400

Median gross rent

$531$844

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)

	Grand River	Van Wert
Under 5	6.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	8.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	1.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	21.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	18.3%
75 and over	15.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand River	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand River	Van Wert
No high school diploma	3.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	50.4%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand River	Van Wert
Drove alone	93.2%	90.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand River	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	81.1%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand River	Van Wert
Poverty rate	20.1%	6.9%
Average household size	1.93	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1938	1956