Grainfield vs Grinnell

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

Grainfield 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 243 in Grainfield). Grinnell has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $44,688 in Grainfield). Grinnell has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $85,000 in Grainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Grainfield	Grinnell
Population	243	376
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,688	$62,500
Median home value	$85,000	$123,400
Median gross rent	$713	$540
Housing units	157	157
Homeownership rate	63.9%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grainfield	Grinnell
Population	328 → 243 (-25.9%)	269 → 376 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$43,833 → $44,688 (+2.0%)	$46,818 → $62,500 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $85,000 (+0.6%)	$72,300 → $123,400 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $713 (+31.1%)	$590 → $540 (-8.5%)

Grainfield

Population

328243

Median household income

$43,833$44,688

Median home value

$84,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$544$713

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)

	Grainfield	Grinnell
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	4.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	6.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	16.5%	12.8%
75 and over	6.6%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grainfield	Grinnell
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	3.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grainfield	Grinnell
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grainfield	Grinnell
Drove alone	85.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grainfield	Grinnell
1-unit, detached	92.4%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grainfield	Grinnell
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.7%
Average household size	1.83	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1967	1966