Blue Grass vs Princeton

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

Blue Grass and Princeton 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 875 in Princeton). Blue Grass has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $80,714 in Princeton). Princeton has the higher median home value ($257,000 vs $202,400 in Blue Grass).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Princeton
Population	1,867	875
Median age	46.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$80,714
Median home value	$202,400	$257,000
Median gross rent	$1,158	$857
Housing units	857	453
Homeownership rate	81.5%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Princeton
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	1,102 → 875 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$70,139 → $80,714 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$179,800 → $257,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$750 → $857 (+14.3%)

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

Princeton

Population

1,102875

Median household income

$70,139$80,714

Median home value

$179,800$257,000

Median gross rent

$750$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Grass	Princeton
Under 5	6.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.0%
75 and over	8.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Princeton
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Princeton
Drove alone	79.2%	85.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Princeton
1-unit, detached	82.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Princeton
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1977	1974