Grand Junction vs Jefferson

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

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

Jefferson has the higher population (4,164 vs 615 in Grand Junction). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($54,286 vs $52,292 in Grand Junction). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($126,900 vs $78,000 in Grand Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
Population	615	4,164
Median age	38.7 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$54,286
Median home value	$78,000	$126,900
Median gross rent	$857	$745
Housing units	308	2,286
Homeownership rate	62.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
Population	763 → 615 (-19.4%)	4,137 → 4,164 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $52,292 (+11.9%)	$46,008 → $54,286 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$94,100 → $126,900 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $857 (+39.3%)	$648 → $745 (+15.0%)

Grand Junction

Population

763615

Median household income

$46,719$52,292

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$615$857

Jefferson

Population

4,1374,164

Median household income

$46,008$54,286

Median home value

$94,100$126,900

Median gross rent

$648$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.2%
75 and over	5.5%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
Drove alone	89.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	76.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Jefferson
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.20	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1948	1958