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Grinnell city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Grinnell city is a Census city of 9,505 people across 5.69 square miles of land, in Poweshiek County. Median household income is $65,320, 64.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $704,000.
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Grinnell
What Grinnell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.69 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,671
- County holding the largest share of its areaPoweshiek 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.
Grinnell
How many people live in Grinnell
- Population9,505
- Median age36.5
- Population under 181,771
- Share under 1818.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,034
- Share 65 and over21.4 percent
- Households3,635
- Family households2,007
- Share of households that are families55.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grinnell
Income and work in Grinnell
- Median household income$65,320
- Per capita income$36,165
- Civilian labor force4,870
- Employed4,675
- Unemployed195 plus or minus 90
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over5,765
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher37.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grinnell
Housing in Grinnell
- Housing units3,976
- Occupied units3,635
- Vacant units341 plus or minus 175
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied2,347
- Renter occupied1,288 plus or minus 263
- Ownership rate64.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$209,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$895
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent
- Single family units2,813
- Share single family70.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,074 plus or minus 285
- Share in buildings of two or more27.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes89 plus or minus 84
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grinnell
How Grinnell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,797
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,936
- Share commuting under 15 minutes77.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more545 plus or minus 162
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Drove alone54.3 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked19.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Worked from home17.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grinnell
SBA loans in Grinnell (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$704,000
- Average approval$100,571
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$192,800
- Largest approval$192,800
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval2.6
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Grinnell
SBA loans in Grinnell (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$167,000
- Average approval$167,000
- Median approval$167,000
- Largest approval$167,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Poweshiek County, not Grinnell
Poweshiek County context, not Grinnell figures
These are Poweshiek County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Grinnell measurements.
- Establishments in Poweshiek County571
- Employment at those establishments, Poweshiek County9,789
- Covered employment, Poweshiek County9,584
- Average annual pay, Poweshiek County$57,595
- Average weekly wage, Poweshiek County$1,108
- Housing units permitted, Poweshiek County29
- Of those, single family, Poweshiek County29
- County product, 2024, Poweshiek County$1,654,237,000
- County product change over the prior year, Poweshiek County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Poweshiek County$58,100
Every figure in this section is published for Poweshiek County as a whole and is not a measurement of Grinnell. 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
Grinnell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Grinnell, Iowa?
9,505, in 3,635 households. Grinnell city covers 5.69 square miles of land, which is 1,671 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Grinnell in?
Poweshiek 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 Grinnell?
$65,320. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $209,500. Median gross rent is $895 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Grinnell businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $704,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $167,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Grinnell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Grinnell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Grinnell. only 4 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 Grinnell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Poweshiek 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 Grinnell.
Is zoning published for Grinnell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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