Conrad vs Grundy Center

A side-by-side comparison of Conrad and Grundy Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Conrad and Grundy Center are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grundy Center has the higher population (2,794 vs 1,170 in Conrad). Grundy Center has the higher median household income ($77,540 vs $73,844 in Conrad). Grundy Center has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $156,100 in Conrad).

Population, income & housing

	Conrad	Grundy Center
Population	1,170	2,794
Median age	52.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,844	$77,540
Median home value	$156,100	$173,200
Median gross rent	$944	$684
Housing units	572	1,306
Homeownership rate	73.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conrad	Grundy Center
Population	1,083 → 1,170 (+8.0%)	2,675 → 2,794 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$49,107 → $73,844 (+50.4%)	$63,819 → $77,540 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $156,100 (+47.1%)	$115,900 → $173,200 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $944 (+46.8%)	$549 → $684 (+24.6%)

Conrad

Population

1,0831,170

Median household income

$49,107$73,844

Median home value

$106,100$156,100

Median gross rent

$643$944

Grundy Center

Population

2,6752,794

Median household income

$63,819$77,540

Median home value

$115,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$549$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conrad	Grundy Center
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.7%
75 and over	16.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conrad	Grundy Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conrad	Grundy Center
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conrad	Grundy Center
Drove alone	85.6%	85.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conrad	Grundy Center
1-unit, detached	69.6%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Conrad	Grundy Center
Poverty rate	4.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1973	1962