Churdan vs Grand Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Churdan and Grand Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Junction has the higher population (615 vs 473 in Churdan). Churdan has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $52,292 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $71,400 in Churdan).

Population, income & housing

	Churdan	Grand Junction
Population	473	615
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$52,292
Median home value	$71,400	$78,000
Median gross rent	$967	$857
Housing units	203	308
Homeownership rate	84.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Churdan	Grand Junction
Population	453 → 473 (+4.4%)	763 → 615 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $72,500 (+54.7%)	$46,719 → $52,292 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $71,400 (+46.9%)	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $967 (+80.7%)	$615 → $857 (+39.3%)

Churdan

Population

453473

Median household income

$46,875$72,500

Median home value

$48,600$71,400

Median gross rent

$535$967

Grand Junction

Population

763615

Median household income

$46,719$52,292

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$615$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Churdan	Grand Junction
Under 5	3.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	28.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.5%
75 and over	8.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Churdan	Grand Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Churdan	Grand Junction
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	38.8%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Churdan	Grand Junction
Drove alone	74.6%	89.3%
Carpooled	23.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Churdan	Grand Junction
1-unit, detached	86.7%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Churdan	Grand Junction
Poverty rate	12.5%	16.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1938	1948