Grygla vs Middle River

A side-by-side comparison of Grygla and Middle River: population, income, housing, and more.

Grygla and Middle River are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Middle River has the higher population (281 vs 271 in Grygla). Grygla has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $57,188 in Middle River). Middle River has the higher median home value ($103,500 vs $68,600 in Grygla).

Population, income & housing

	Grygla	Middle River
Population	271	281
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$57,188
Median home value	$68,600	$103,500
Median gross rent	$713	$313
Housing units	118	152
Homeownership rate	81.7%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grygla	Middle River
Population	185 → 271 (+46.5%)	268 → 281 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $64,583 (+61.5%)	$35,952 → $57,188 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$58,500 → $68,600 (+17.3%)	$80,000 → $103,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $713 (+22.7%)	$427 → $313 (-26.7%)

Grygla

Population

185271

Median household income

$40,000$64,583

Median home value

$58,500$68,600

Median gross rent

$581$713

Middle River

Population

268281

Median household income

$35,952$57,188

Median home value

$80,000$103,500

Median gross rent

$427$313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grygla	Middle River
Under 5	6.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	21.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	8.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grygla	Middle River
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grygla	Middle River
No high school diploma	24.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grygla	Middle River
Drove alone	45.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grygla	Middle River
1-unit, detached	56.8%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Grygla	Middle River
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1973	1961