Grinnell vs Holiday Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Grinnell and Holiday Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Grinnell and Holiday Lake 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 321 in Holiday Lake). Holiday Lake has the higher median household income ($76,863 vs $64,426 in Grinnell). Holiday Lake has the higher median home value ($257,800 vs $191,700 in Grinnell).

Population, income & housing

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
Population	9,527	321
Median age	37.9 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,426	$76,863
Median home value	$191,700	$257,800
Median gross rent	$876	—
Housing units	3,994	472
Homeownership rate	65.1%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
Population	9,031 → 9,527 (+5.5%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $64,426 (+37.8%)	$66,354 → $76,863 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $191,700 (+39.4%)	$181,300 → $257,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $876 (+18.5%)	—

Grinnell

Population

9,0319,527

Median household income

$46,750$64,426

Median home value

$137,500$191,700

Median gross rent

$739$876

Holiday Lake

Population

396321

Median household income

$66,354$76,863

Median home value

$181,300$257,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
Under 5	3.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	5.3%
18 to 24	20.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	4.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	22.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	33.3%
75 and over	11.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	98.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
Drove alone	58.8%	91.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
1-unit, detached	63.7%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grinnell	Holiday Lake
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	14	41
Median year structure built	1968	1970