Grundy Center vs Wellsburg

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

Grundy Center and Wellsburg 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 710 in Wellsburg). Grundy Center has the higher median household income ($77,540 vs $63,125 in Wellsburg). Grundy Center has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $110,800 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
Population	2,794	710
Median age	40.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,540	$63,125
Median home value	$173,200	$110,800
Median gross rent	$684	$625
Housing units	1,306	362
Homeownership rate	79.8%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
Population	2,675 → 2,794 (+4.4%)	737 → 710 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$63,819 → $77,540 (+21.5%)	$54,091 → $63,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $173,200 (+49.4%)	$82,900 → $110,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $684 (+24.6%)	$513 → $625 (+21.8%)

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

Wellsburg

Population

737710

Median household income

$54,091$63,125

Median home value

$82,900$110,800

Median gross rent

$513$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.4%
75 and over	12.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
Drove alone	85.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	83.4%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Grundy Center	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	11.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1962	1954