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Grimes city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Grimes city is a Census city of 16,366 people across 13.11 square miles of land, lying across Polk County and Dallas County. Median household income is $120,037, 70.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 39 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $24.0 m.
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Grimes
What Grimes is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.11 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,248
- County holding the largest share of its areaPolk County, 84.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inPolk County 84.1 percent, Dallas County 15.9 percent
Grimes city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grimes
How many people live in Grimes
- Population16,366
- Median age35.4
- Population under 184,507
- Share under 1827.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,199 plus or minus 298
- Share 65 and over7.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Households6,117
- Family households4,089
- Share of households that are families66.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grimes
Income and work in Grimes
- Median household income$120,037
- Per capita income$48,382
- Civilian labor force9,884
- Employed9,692
- Unemployed192 plus or minus 185
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over10,441
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.6 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grimes
Housing in Grimes
- Housing units6,224
- Occupied units6,117
- Vacant units107 plus or minus 91
- Vacancy rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied4,335
- Renter occupied1,782 plus or minus 424
- Ownership rate70.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$304,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,251
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.5 percent
- Single family units4,449
- Share single family71.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,452 plus or minus 483
- Share in buildings of two or more23.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes323 plus or minus 162
- Median year structure built2009
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grimes
How Grimes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,500
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,987 plus or minus 467
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,103 plus or minus 281
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Drove alone65.1 percent
- Carpooled10.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home22.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grimes
SBA loans in Grimes (7(a))
- Approvals39
- Gross approval$24,039,800
- Average approval$616,405
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,100,000
- Largest approval$2,290,000
- Jobs supported729
- Jobs per approval18.7
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full7
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.1 percent
- Share to franchises35.9 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS22
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Grimes
SBA loans in Grimes (504)
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$12,475,000
- Average approval$831,667
- Median approval$783,000
- Largest approval$2,377,000
- Jobs supported170
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Polk County, not Grimes
Polk County context, not Grimes figures
These are Polk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Grimes measurements.
- Establishments in Polk County13,890
- Employment at those establishments, Polk County295,413
- Covered employment, Polk County317,845
- Average annual pay, Polk County$72,557
- Average weekly wage, Polk County$1,395
- Housing units permitted, Polk County2,949
- Of those, single family, Polk County2,295
- County product, 2024, Polk County$63,823,028,000
- County product change over the prior year, Polk County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Polk County$63,088
Every figure in this section is published for Polk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Grimes. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Grimes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Grimes, Iowa?
16,366, in 6,117 households. Grimes city covers 13.11 square miles of land, which is 1,248 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Grimes in?
Grimes lies in more than one. By area it is 84.1 percent in Polk County, 15.9 percent in Dallas County. This page sits under Polk County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Grimes?
$120,037. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $304,700. Median gross rent is $1,251 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Grimes businesses?
39 7(a) approvals totalling $24.0 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 15 504 approvals worth $12.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Grimes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Grimes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Grimes. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Grimes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Polk 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 Grimes.
Is zoning published for Grimes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.