Austin vs Grand Meadow

A side-by-side comparison of Austin and Grand Meadow: population, income, housing, and more.

Austin and Grand Meadow are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Austin has the higher population (26,167 vs 954 in Grand Meadow). Grand Meadow has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $66,488 in Austin). Grand Meadow has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $155,100 in Austin).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Grand Meadow
Population	26,167	954
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,488	$68,750
Median home value	$155,100	$169,100
Median gross rent	$860	$498
Housing units	10,969	451
Homeownership rate	69.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Grand Meadow
Population	25,114 → 26,167 (+4.2%)	1,125 → 954 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$48,127 → $66,488 (+38.2%)	$60,900 → $68,750 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $155,100 (+43.9%)	$112,100 → $169,100 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $860 (+16.5%)	$681 → $498 (-26.9%)

Austin

Population

25,11426,167

Median household income

$48,127$66,488

Median home value

$107,800$155,100

Median gross rent

$738$860

Grand Meadow

Population

1,125954

Median household income

$60,900$68,750

Median home value

$112,100$169,100

Median gross rent

$681$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Grand Meadow
Under 5	7.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	12.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.4%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Grand Meadow
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Grand Meadow
No high school diploma	13.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Grand Meadow
Drove alone	77.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Grand Meadow
1-unit, detached	70.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	9.5%
20 or more units	9.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Grand Meadow
Poverty rate	14.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1957	1973