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Garden Grove, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Garden Grove is a Census city of 171 people across 0.68 square miles of land, in Decatur County. Median household income is $34,000, 86.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Garden Grove
What Garden Grove is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.68 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land253 plus or minus 93
- County holding the largest share of its areaDecatur County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
How many people live in Garden Grove
- Population171 plus or minus 63
- Median age50.4
- Population under 1825 plus or minus 18
- Share under 1814.6 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Population 65 and over24 plus or minus 19
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Households82 plus or minus 27
- Family households47 plus or minus 22
- Share of households that are families57.3 percent plus or minus 19.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
Income and work in Garden Grove
- Median household income$34,000 plus or minus $11,039
- Per capita income$25,658 plus or minus $7,366
- Civilian labor force78 plus or minus 34
- Employed74 plus or minus 32
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 6
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over129 plus or minus 47
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent plus or minus 44.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.8 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.7 percent plus or minus 16.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
Housing in Garden Grove
- Housing units97 plus or minus 27
- Occupied units82 plus or minus 27
- Vacant units15 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate15.5 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Owner occupied71 plus or minus 25
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 9
- Ownership rate86.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$46,100 plus or minus $15,008
- Median gross rent, monthly$530 plus or minus $152
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.7 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Single family units72 plus or minus 24
- Share single family74.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more9.3 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Mobile homes16 plus or minus 12
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
How Garden Grove gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute73 plus or minus 31
- Commuting under 15 minutes28 plus or minus 19
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.4 percent plus or minus 20.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more25 plus or minus 19
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.2 percent plus or minus 21.8
- Drove alone93.2 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home1.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
Flood risk in Garden Grove
- NFIP communityCity of Garden Grove
- NFIP community number190731
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
The City of Garden Grove participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 190731 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Decatur County, not Garden Grove
Decatur County context, not Garden Grove figures
- Establishments in Decatur County146
- Covered employment, Decatur County2,269
- Average annual pay, Decatur County$42,983
- Housing units permitted, Decatur County2
Every figure in this section is published for Decatur County as a whole and is not a measurement of Garden Grove.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Garden Grove questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Garden Grove, Iowa?
171, in 82 households. Garden Grove city covers 0.68 square miles of land, which is 253 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Garden Grove in?
Decatur County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Garden Grove?
$34,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $46,100. Median gross rent is $530 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Garden Grove in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Garden Grove appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Garden Grove, city of, community 190731, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Garden Grove figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Decatur County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Garden Grove.
Is zoning published for Garden Grove?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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