Chickasaw County vs Grundy County

A side-by-side comparison of Chickasaw County and Grundy County: population, income, housing, and more.

Chickasaw County and Grundy County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grundy County has the higher population (12,352 vs 11,868 in Chickasaw County). Grundy County has the higher median household income ($83,617 vs $73,421 in Chickasaw County). Grundy County has the higher median home value ($180,500 vs $164,400 in Chickasaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
Population	11,868	12,352
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,421	$83,617
Median home value	$164,400	$180,500
Median gross rent	$779	$777
Housing units	5,545	5,489
Homeownership rate	81.4%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
Population	12,026 → 11,868 (-1.3%)	12,299 → 12,352 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$60,034 → $73,421 (+22.3%)	$68,038 → $83,617 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $164,400 (+38.0%)	$130,200 → $180,500 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $779 (+23.7%)	$633 → $777 (+22.7%)

Chickasaw County

Population

12,02611,868

Median household income

$60,034$73,421

Median home value

$119,100$164,400

Median gross rent

$630$779

Grundy County

Population

12,29912,352

Median household income

$68,038$83,617

Median home value

$130,200$180,500

Median gross rent

$633$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.4%
75 and over	9.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	42.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
Drove alone	81.3%	83.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	9.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
1-unit, detached	86.7%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw County	Grundy County
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1965	1960