Grant vs Stanton

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

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

Stanton has the higher population (670 vs 40 in Grant). Stanton has the higher median household income ($80,938 vs $63,750 in Grant). Stanton has the higher median home value ($97,400 vs $57,500 in Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Grant	Stanton
Population	40	670
Median age	52.4 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$80,938
Median home value	$57,500	$97,400
Median gross rent	—	$766
Housing units	23	288
Homeownership rate	86.4%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant	Stanton
Population	91 → 40 (-56.0%)	629 → 670 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $63,750 (+96.2%)	$65,500 → $80,938 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$36,800 → $57,500 (+56.3%)	$78,200 → $97,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $766 (-5.3%)

Grant

Population

9140

Median household income

$32,500$63,750

Median home value

$36,800$57,500

Stanton

Population

629670

Median household income

$65,500$80,938

Median home value

$78,200$97,400

Median gross rent

$809$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant	Stanton
Under 5	2.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	2.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	22.5%	5.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	22.8%
65 to 74	17.5%	14.9%
75 and over	15.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant	Stanton
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	44.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant	Stanton
Drove alone	84.2%	89.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant	Stanton
1-unit, detached	91.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Grant	Stanton
Poverty rate	22.5%	6.6%
Average household size	1.82	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1953	1945