Deep River vs Grinnell

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River and Grinnell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grinnell has the higher population (9,527 vs 315 in Deep River). Deep River has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $64,426 in Grinnell). Grinnell has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $82,100 in Deep River).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River	Grinnell
Population	315	9,527
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$64,426
Median home value	$82,100	$191,700
Median gross rent	—	$876
Housing units	129	3,994
Homeownership rate	84.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River	Grinnell
Population	236 → 315 (+33.5%)	9,031 → 9,527 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)	$46,750 → $64,426 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)	$137,500 → $191,700 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)	$739 → $876 (+18.5%)

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Grinnell

Population

9,0319,527

Median household income

$46,750$64,426

Median home value

$137,500$191,700

Median gross rent

$739$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River	Grinnell
Under 5	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	29.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	20.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.3%
75 and over	6.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River	Grinnell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River	Grinnell
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	67.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River	Grinnell
Drove alone	72.5%	58.8%
Carpooled	18.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	8.0%	13.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River	Grinnell
1-unit, detached	82.9%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Deep River	Grinnell
Poverty rate	9.2%	10.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	37	14
Median year structure built	1938	1968