Cotter vs Grandview

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

Cotter 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 23 in Cotter). Grandview has the higher median home value ($134,000 vs $108,300 in Cotter). Since 2019, Grandview's population has grown faster (+1.9% vs -34.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Grandview
Population	23	438
Median age	50.5 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,750
Median home value	$108,300	$134,000
Median gross rent	—	$828
Housing units	14	254
Homeownership rate	88.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Grandview
Population	35 → 23 (-34.3%)	430 → 438 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $80,625 (+4.6%)	$53,125 → $46,750 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $108,300 (+80.5%)	$101,300 → $134,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $828 (+21.9%)

Cotter

Population

3523

Median household income

$77,083$80,625

Median home value

$60,000$108,300

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)

	Cotter	Grandview
Under 5	8.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	24.0%
65 to 74	26.1%	15.3%
75 and over	4.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Grandview
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	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	8.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Grandview
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	56.3%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Grandview
Drove alone	75.0%	96.8%
Carpooled	25.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Grandview
1-unit, detached	85.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Grandview
Poverty rate	27.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.56	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1960	1963