Grinnell vs Park

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

Grinnell and Park 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 79 in Park). Park has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $62,500 in Grinnell). Grinnell has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $77,500 in Park).

Population, income & housing

	Grinnell	Park
Population	376	79
Median age	41.1 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$93,750
Median home value	$123,400	$77,500
Median gross rent	$540	—
Housing units	157	54
Homeownership rate	93.5%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grinnell	Park
Population	269 → 376 (+39.8%)	129 → 79 (-38.8%)
Median household income	$46,818 → $62,500 (+33.5%)	$29,643 → $93,750 (+216.3%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $123,400 (+70.7%)	$45,000 → $77,500 (+72.2%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $540 (-8.5%)	—

Grinnell

Population

269376

Median household income

$46,818$62,500

Median home value

$72,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$590$540

Park

Population

12979

Median household income

$29,643$93,750

Median home value

$45,000$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grinnell	Park
Under 5	7.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	23.7%	2.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	2.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	26.6%
55 to 64	7.2%	25.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.4%
75 and over	16.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grinnell	Park
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grinnell	Park
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grinnell	Park
Drove alone	84.3%	90.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grinnell	Park
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
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

	Grinnell	Park
Poverty rate	3.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.72	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1966	1943