Grundy Center vs Reinbeck

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

Grundy Center and Reinbeck 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 1,805 in Reinbeck). Reinbeck has the higher median household income ($85,962 vs $77,540 in Grundy Center). Grundy Center has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $152,400 in Reinbeck).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
Population	2,794	1,805
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,540	$85,962
Median home value	$173,200	$152,400
Median gross rent	$684	$734
Housing units	1,306	808
Homeownership rate	79.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
Population	2,675 → 2,794 (+4.4%)	1,610 → 1,805 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$63,819 → $77,540 (+21.5%)	$62,574 → $85,962 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $173,200 (+49.4%)	$123,400 → $152,400 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $684 (+24.6%)	$637 → $734 (+15.2%)

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

Reinbeck

Population

1,6101,805

Median household income

$62,574$85,962

Median home value

$123,400$152,400

Median gross rent

$637$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.5%
75 and over	12.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
Drove alone	85.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
1-unit, detached	83.4%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grundy Center	Reinbeck
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1962	1953