Armstrong vs Gruver

A side-by-side comparison of Armstrong and Gruver: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Armstrong has the higher population (709 vs 34 in Gruver). Gruver has the higher median household income ($56,458 vs $52,279 in Armstrong). Armstrong has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $71,400 in Gruver).

Population, income & housing

	Armstrong	Gruver
Population	709	34
Median age	62.3 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,279	$56,458
Median home value	$86,400	$71,400
Median gross rent	$632	—
Housing units	409	26
Homeownership rate	84.5%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armstrong	Gruver
Population	880 → 709 (-19.4%)	61 → 34 (-44.3%)
Median household income	$43,676 → $52,279 (+19.7%)	$41,250 → $56,458 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $86,400 (+19.3%)	$72,300 → $71,400 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $632 (+7.8%)	—

Armstrong

Population

880709

Median household income

$43,676$52,279

Median home value

$72,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$586$632

Gruver

Population

6134

Median household income

$41,250$56,458

Median home value

$72,300$71,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armstrong	Gruver
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	44.1%
65 to 74	25.7%	2.9%
75 and over	19.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armstrong	Gruver
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armstrong	Gruver
No high school diploma	4.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	50.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armstrong	Gruver
Drove alone	95.2%	70.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armstrong	Gruver
1-unit, detached	82.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Armstrong	Gruver
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.9%
Average household size	1.94	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1953	1948