Bondurant vs Grimes

A side-by-side comparison of Bondurant and Grimes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grimes has the higher population (15,810 vs 8,061 in Bondurant). Bondurant has the higher median household income ($128,341 vs $104,497 in Grimes). Bondurant has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $281,000 in Grimes).

Population, income & housing

	Bondurant	Grimes
Population	8,061	15,810
Median age	32.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,341	$104,497
Median home value	$288,600	$281,000
Median gross rent	$1,176	$1,156
Housing units	2,835	6,209
Homeownership rate	91.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bondurant	Grimes
Population	6,191 → 8,061 (+30.2%)	12,839 → 15,810 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$97,786 → $128,341 (+31.2%)	$81,950 → $104,497 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$217,500 → $288,600 (+32.7%)	$225,800 → $281,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,176 (+37.2%)	$1,002 → $1,156 (+15.4%)

Bondurant

Population

6,1918,061

Median household income

$97,786$128,341

Median home value

$217,500$288,600

Median gross rent

$857$1,176

Grimes

Population

12,83915,810

Median household income

$81,950$104,497

Median home value

$225,800$281,000

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bondurant	Grimes
Under 5	8.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	23.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	2.8%	5.3%
75 and over	3.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bondurant	Grimes
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bondurant	Grimes
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bondurant	Grimes
Drove alone	79.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	24.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bondurant	Grimes
1-unit, detached	91.4%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Bondurant	Grimes
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	2009	2008