Balltown vs Graf

A side-by-side comparison of Balltown and Graf: population, income, housing, and more.

Balltown and Graf are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Balltown has the higher population (88 vs 40 in Graf). Balltown has the higher median household income ($125,625 vs $57,083 in Graf). Balltown has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $212,500 in Graf).

Population, income & housing

	Balltown	Graf
Population	88	40
Median age	41.5 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,625	$57,083
Median home value	$261,500	$212,500
Housing units	30	17
Homeownership rate	93.3%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balltown	Graf
Population	58 → 88 (+51.7%)	64 → 40 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $125,625 (+76.3%)	$45,000 → $57,083 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$193,800 → $261,500 (+34.9%)	$154,200 → $212,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $817 (-0.4%)	—

Balltown

Population

5888

Median household income

$71,250$125,625

Median home value

$193,800$261,500

Median gross rent

$820$817

Graf

Population

6440

Median household income

$45,000$57,083

Median home value

$154,200$212,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balltown	Graf
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	20.5%	20.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	32.5%
75 and over	8.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balltown	Graf
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balltown	Graf
No high school diploma	3.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balltown	Graf
Drove alone	86.0%	95.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balltown	Graf
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balltown	Graf
Poverty rate	2.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1965	1971