Grandview vs Morning Sun

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

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

Morning Sun has the higher population (733 vs 438 in Grandview). Morning Sun has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $46,750 in Grandview). Grandview has the higher median home value ($134,000 vs $90,300 in Morning Sun).

Population, income & housing

	Grandview	Morning Sun
Population	438	733
Median age	59.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,750	$63,500
Median home value	$134,000	$90,300
Median gross rent	$828	$875
Housing units	254	307
Homeownership rate	83.8%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandview	Morning Sun
Population	430 → 438 (+1.9%)	783 → 733 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $46,750 (-12.0%)	$46,731 → $63,500 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$101,300 → $134,000 (+32.3%)	$74,900 → $90,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $828 (+21.9%)	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)

Grandview

Population

430438

Median household income

$53,125$46,750

Median home value

$101,300$134,000

Median gross rent

$679$828

Morning Sun

Population

783733

Median household income

$46,731$63,500

Median home value

$74,900$90,300

Median gross rent

$650$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandview	Morning Sun
Under 5	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	24.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.9%
75 and over	13.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandview	Morning Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandview	Morning Sun
No high school diploma	5.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	53.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandview	Morning Sun
Drove alone	96.8%	92.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandview	Morning Sun
1-unit, detached	81.9%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Grandview	Morning Sun
Poverty rate	8.0%	13.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1963	1951