Grant vs Villisca

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

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

Villisca has the higher population (1,004 vs 40 in Grant). Grant has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $58,469 in Villisca). Villisca has the higher median home value ($74,100 vs $57,500 in Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Grant	Villisca
Population	40	1,004
Median age	52.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$58,469
Median home value	$57,500	$74,100
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	23	542
Homeownership rate	86.4%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant	Villisca
Population	91 → 40 (-56.0%)	1,243 → 1,004 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $63,750 (+96.2%)	$40,625 → $58,469 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$36,800 → $57,500 (+56.3%)	$63,300 → $74,100 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$611 → $732 (+19.8%)

Grant

Population

9140

Median household income

$32,500$63,750

Median home value

$36,800$57,500

Villisca

Population

1,2431,004

Median household income

$40,625$58,469

Median home value

$63,300$74,100

Median gross rent

$611$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant	Villisca
Under 5	2.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	2.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	22.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	17.5%	17.6%
75 and over	15.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant	Villisca
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant	Villisca
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	44.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant	Villisca
Drove alone	84.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	15.8%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant	Villisca
1-unit, detached	91.3%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Grant	Villisca
Poverty rate	22.5%	12.8%
Average household size	1.82	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1953	1950