Grand Junction vs Paton

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

Grand Junction and Paton 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 210 in Paton). Paton has the higher median household income ($62,292 vs $52,292 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $70,000 in Paton).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Paton
Population	615	210
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$62,292
Median home value	$78,000	$70,000
Median gross rent	$857	$500
Housing units	308	95
Homeownership rate	62.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Paton
Population	763 → 615 (-19.4%)	178 → 210 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $52,292 (+11.9%)	$64,500 → $62,292 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$62,500 → $70,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $857 (+39.3%)	$394 → $500 (+26.9%)

Grand Junction

Population

763615

Median household income

$46,719$52,292

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$615$857

Paton

Population

178210

Median household income

$64,500$62,292

Median home value

$62,500$70,000

Median gross rent

$394$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Junction	Paton
Under 5	6.0%	11.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	19.5%
35 to 44	6.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.9%
75 and over	5.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Paton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Paton
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Paton
Drove alone	89.3%	92.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Paton
1-unit, detached	76.9%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Paton
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1948	1951