Grand Junction vs Rippey

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

Grand Junction and Rippey 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 207 in Rippey). Rippey has the higher median household income ($65,250 vs $52,292 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $55,400 in Rippey).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Rippey
Population	615	207
Median age	38.7 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$65,250
Median home value	$78,000	$55,400
Median gross rent	$857	$750
Housing units	308	104
Homeownership rate	62.7%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Rippey
Population	763 → 615 (-19.4%)	233 → 207 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $52,292 (+11.9%)	$48,750 → $65,250 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$42,500 → $55,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $857 (+39.3%)	$675 → $750 (+11.1%)

Grand Junction

Population

763615

Median household income

$46,719$52,292

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$615$857

Rippey

Population

233207

Median household income

$48,750$65,250

Median home value

$42,500$55,400

Median gross rent

$675$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Junction	Rippey
Under 5	6.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	4.3%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Rippey
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.8%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Rippey
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Rippey
Drove alone	89.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Rippey
1-unit, detached	76.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Rippey
Poverty rate	16.3%	15.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1948	1952