Blue Grass vs Long Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Grass and Long Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Grass and Long Grove are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Grass has the higher population (1,867 vs 707 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($124,297 vs $87,083 in Blue Grass). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $202,400 in Blue Grass).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
Population	1,867	707
Median age	46.3 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$124,297
Median home value	$202,400	$295,900
Median gross rent	$1,158	$1,479
Housing units	857	301
Homeownership rate	81.5%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	994 → 707 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$103,750 → $124,297 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$255,800 → $295,900 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$1,536 → $1,479 (-3.7%)

Blue Grass

Population

1,5681,867

Median household income

$80,455$87,083

Median home value

$170,200$202,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,158

Long Grove

Population

994707

Median household income

$103,750$124,297

Median home value

$255,800$295,900

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
Under 5	6.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	21.1%
75 and over	8.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
Drove alone	79.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
1-unit, detached	82.6%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Long Grove
Poverty rate	9.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1977	1979