Grant vs Red Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Grant and Red Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

Grant and Red Oak are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Oak has the higher population (5,542 vs 40 in Grant). Grant has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $52,996 in Red Oak). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($91,600 vs $57,500 in Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Grant	Red Oak
Population	40	5,542
Median age	52.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$52,996
Median home value	$57,500	$91,600
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	23	2,712
Homeownership rate	86.4%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant	Red Oak
Population	91 → 40 (-56.0%)	5,362 → 5,542 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $63,750 (+96.2%)	$43,085 → $52,996 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$36,800 → $57,500 (+56.3%)	$82,400 → $91,600 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $768 (+19.6%)

Grant

Population

9140

Median household income

$32,500$63,750

Median home value

$36,800$57,500

Red Oak

Population

5,3625,542

Median household income

$43,085$52,996

Median home value

$82,400$91,600

Median gross rent

$642$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant	Red Oak
Under 5	2.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	22.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.5%	8.6%
75 and over	15.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant	Red Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant	Red Oak
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	44.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant	Red Oak
Drove alone	84.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant	Red Oak
1-unit, detached	91.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Grant	Red Oak
Poverty rate	22.5%	16.5%
Average household size	1.82	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1953	1960