Grundy Center vs Holland

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

Grundy Center and Holland 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 343 in Holland). Grundy Center has the higher median household income ($77,540 vs $71,979 in Holland). Grundy Center has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $111,700 in Holland).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy Center	Holland
Population	2,794	343
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,540	$71,979
Median home value	$173,200	$111,700
Median gross rent	$684	$1,094
Housing units	1,306	143
Homeownership rate	79.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy Center	Holland
Population	2,675 → 2,794 (+4.4%)	253 → 343 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$63,819 → $77,540 (+21.5%)	$54,792 → $71,979 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $173,200 (+49.4%)	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $684 (+24.6%)	$1,087 → $1,094 (+0.6%)

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

Holland

Population

253343

Median household income

$54,792$71,979

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy Center	Holland
Under 5	4.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.0%
75 and over	12.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy Center	Holland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy Center	Holland
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy Center	Holland
Drove alone	85.9%	92.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy Center	Holland
1-unit, detached	83.4%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grundy Center	Holland
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1962	1954