Columbus City vs Grandview

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus City and Grandview: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbus City and Grandview are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grandview has the higher population (438 vs 306 in Columbus City). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $46,750 in Grandview). Grandview has the higher median home value ($134,000 vs $104,400 in Columbus City).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Grandview
Population	306	438
Median age	51.5 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$46,750
Median home value	$104,400	$134,000
Median gross rent	—	$828
Housing units	134	254
Homeownership rate	97.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Grandview
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	430 → 438 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$53,125 → $46,750 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$101,300 → $134,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $828 (+21.9%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Grandview

Population

430438

Median household income

$53,125$46,750

Median home value

$101,300$134,000

Median gross rent

$679$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Grandview
Under 5	4.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	22.9%	24.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	15.3%
75 and over	9.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Grandview
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Grandview
No high school diploma	27.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Grandview
Drove alone	69.4%	96.8%
Carpooled	28.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Grandview
1-unit, detached	75.4%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Grandview
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1968	1963