Long Grove vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (875 vs 707 in Long Grove). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($124,297 vs $80,714 in Princeton). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $257,000 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Long Grove	Princeton
Population	707	875
Median age	52.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$124,297	$80,714
Median home value	$295,900	$257,000
Median gross rent	$1,479	$857
Housing units	301	453
Homeownership rate	95.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Grove	Princeton
Population	994 → 707 (-28.9%)	1,102 → 875 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $124,297 (+19.8%)	$70,139 → $80,714 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$255,800 → $295,900 (+15.7%)	$179,800 → $257,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,479 (-3.7%)	$750 → $857 (+14.3%)

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

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)

	Long Grove	Princeton
Under 5	7.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	21.1%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Grove	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Grove	Princeton
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	22.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Grove	Princeton
Drove alone	80.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Grove	Princeton
1-unit, detached	97.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Long Grove	Princeton
Poverty rate	2.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1979	1974