Dike vs Grundy Center

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

Dike 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 1,258 in Dike). Dike has the higher median household income ($88,523 vs $77,540 in Grundy Center). Dike has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $173,200 in Grundy Center).

Population, income & housing

	Dike	Grundy Center
Population	1,258	2,794
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,523	$77,540
Median home value	$235,900	$173,200
Median gross rent	$708	$684
Housing units	534	1,306
Homeownership rate	87.9%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dike	Grundy Center
Population	1,294 → 1,258 (-2.8%)	2,675 → 2,794 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$83,854 → $88,523 (+5.6%)	$63,819 → $77,540 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $235,900 (+16.5%)	$115,900 → $173,200 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $708 (+9.9%)	$549 → $684 (+24.6%)

Dike

Population

1,2941,258

Median household income

$83,854$88,523

Median home value

$202,500$235,900

Median gross rent

$644$708

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)

	Dike	Grundy Center
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.7%
75 and over	8.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dike	Grundy Center
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dike	Grundy Center
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dike	Grundy Center
Drove alone	83.3%	85.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dike	Grundy Center
1-unit, detached	76.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dike	Grundy Center
Poverty rate	4.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1975	1962