Gove City vs Grinnell

A side-by-side comparison of Gove City and Grinnell: population, income, housing, and more.

Gove City and Grinnell are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grinnell has the higher population (376 vs 66 in Gove City). Grinnell has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $37,083 in Gove City). Grinnell has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $37,500 in Gove City).

Population, income & housing

	Gove City	Grinnell
Population	66	376
Median age	57.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$62,500
Median home value	$37,500	$123,400
Median gross rent	—	$540
Housing units	49	157
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gove City	Grinnell
Population	86 → 66 (-23.3%)	269 → 376 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$29,500 → $37,083 (+25.7%)	$46,818 → $62,500 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $37,500 (+0.0%)	$72,300 → $123,400 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$590 → $540 (-8.5%)

Gove City

Population

8666

Median household income

$29,500$37,083

Median home value

$37,500$37,500

Grinnell

Population

269376

Median household income

$46,818$62,500

Median home value

$72,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$590$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gove City	Grinnell
Under 5	1.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	23.7%
18 to 24	13.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	39.4%	7.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.8%
75 and over	0.0%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gove City	Grinnell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gove City	Grinnell
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	52.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gove City	Grinnell
Drove alone	88.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.5%
Other means	7.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gove City	Grinnell
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gove City	Grinnell
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.7%
Average household size	1.69	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1940	1966