Grafton vs Northwood

A side-by-side comparison of Grafton and Northwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwood has the higher population (2,170 vs 233 in Grafton). Northwood has the higher median household income ($64,615 vs $52,188 in Grafton). Northwood has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $94,600 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Northwood
Population	233	2,170
Median age	51.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$64,615
Median home value	$94,600	$124,800
Median gross rent	$655	$583
Housing units	136	961
Homeownership rate	67.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Northwood
Population	225 → 233 (+3.6%)	2,297 → 2,170 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$60,781 → $52,188 (-14.1%)	$52,600 → $64,615 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $94,600 (+16.6%)	$97,600 → $124,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $655 (+34.2%)	$680 → $583 (-14.3%)

Grafton

Population

225233

Median household income

$60,781$52,188

Median home value

$81,100$94,600

Median gross rent

$488$655

Northwood

Population

2,2972,170

Median household income

$52,600$64,615

Median home value

$97,600$124,800

Median gross rent

$680$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grafton	Northwood
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	24.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	18.5%	11.2%
75 and over	4.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Northwood
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Northwood
Drove alone	78.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Northwood
1-unit, detached	88.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Northwood
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.2%
Average household size	1.78	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952