Grand Junction vs Scranton

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

Grand Junction and Scranton 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 434 in Scranton). Scranton has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $52,292 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $58,600 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Scranton
Population	615	434
Median age	38.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$60,000
Median home value	$78,000	$58,600
Median gross rent	$857	$880
Housing units	308	235
Homeownership rate	62.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Scranton
Population	763 → 615 (-19.4%)	558 → 434 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $52,292 (+11.9%)	$46,875 → $60,000 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$44,700 → $58,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $857 (+39.3%)	$623 → $880 (+41.3%)

Grand Junction

Population

763615

Median household income

$46,719$52,292

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$615$857

Scranton

Population

558434

Median household income

$46,875$60,000

Median home value

$44,700$58,600

Median gross rent

$623$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Junction	Scranton
Under 5	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	19.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	20.7%
75 and over	5.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.2%
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%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Scranton
No high school diploma	6.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Scranton
Drove alone	89.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Scranton
1-unit, detached	76.9%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Scranton
Poverty rate	16.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1948	1938