Blue Grass vs Park View

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

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

Park View has the higher population (2,861 vs 1,867 in Blue Grass). Park View has the higher median household income ($106,429 vs $87,083 in Blue Grass). Park View has the higher median home value ($276,500 vs $202,400 in Blue Grass).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Park View
Population	1,867	2,861
Median age	46.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$106,429
Median home value	$202,400	$276,500
Median gross rent	$1,158	$986
Housing units	857	1,030
Homeownership rate	81.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Park View
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	2,818 → 2,861 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$76,939 → $106,429 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$171,000 → $276,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$926 → $986 (+6.5%)

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

Park View

Population

2,8182,861

Median household income

$76,939$106,429

Median home value

$171,000$276,500

Median gross rent

$926$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Grass	Park View
Under 5	6.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	25.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	18.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.5%
75 and over	8.4%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Park View
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	4.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Park View
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Park View
Drove alone	79.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Park View
1-unit, detached	82.6%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Park View
Poverty rate	9.9%	2.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1977	1978