Battle Creek vs Ida Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Creek and Ida Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Battle Creek and Ida Grove are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ida Grove has the higher population (1,904 vs 822 in Battle Creek). Ida Grove has the higher median household income ($63,194 vs $59,519 in Battle Creek). Ida Grove has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $72,300 in Battle Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
Population	822	1,904
Median age	47.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,519	$63,194
Median home value	$72,300	$96,000
Median gross rent	$450	$671
Housing units	418	1,094
Homeownership rate	79.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
Population	748 → 822 (+9.9%)	2,000 → 1,904 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$49,563 → $59,519 (+20.1%)	$49,688 → $63,194 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$53,400 → $72,300 (+35.4%)	$100,600 → $96,000 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $450 (-9.3%)	$496 → $671 (+35.3%)

Battle Creek

Population

748822

Median household income

$49,563$59,519

Median home value

$53,400$72,300

Median gross rent

$496$450

Ida Grove

Population

2,0001,904

Median household income

$49,688$63,194

Median home value

$100,600$96,000

Median gross rent

$496$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
Under 5	1.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	3.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.9%
75 and over	12.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	42.4%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
Drove alone	79.6%	86.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
1-unit, detached	84.2%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Battle Creek	Ida Grove
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1938	1958