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Grand Junction, IA map Population (year 2000): 964. Estimated population in July 2006: 903 (-6.3% change)
 

Males: 489  (50.7%)
Females: 475  (49.3%)

Greene County

Median resident age:  34.1 years
Iowa median age:  36.6 years

Zip codes: 50107.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,400 (it was $27,875 in 2000)
Grand Junction  $30,400
Iowa:  $43,609

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $44,400 (it was $37,500 in 2000)
Grand Junction  $44,400
Iowa:  $106,600

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Races in Grand Junction:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
  • Other race (1.0%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.5%)

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Ancestries: German (31.8%), English (15.1%), Irish (12.4%), United States (10.0%), Dutch (3.1%), Swedish (3.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 05/6/1872

Elevation: 1030 feet

Land area: 0.96 square miles.

Population density: 956 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Grand Junction

  • High school or higher: 81.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
  • Unemployed: 6.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grand Junction city

  • Never married: 22.2%
  • Now married: 57.1%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 8.9%
  • Divorced: 10.1%

13 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.3%
Iowa:  3.1%



According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Grand Junction, Iowa in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Grand Junction to the number of sex offenders is 307 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Grand Junction:  0.7% ($265)
Iowa:  1.3% ($1,077)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Ames, IA (41.5 miles , pop. 50,731).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Omaha, NE (133.3 miles , pop. 390,007).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (450.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Dana, IA (5.2 miles) , Beaver, IA (6.5 miles) , Rippey, IA (7.1 miles ), Paton, IA (9.3 miles ), Jefferson, IA (9.8 miles ), Berkley, IA (10.2 miles) , Dawson, IA (13.0 miles) , Boxholm, IA (13.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $30,000
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $67,500
  • 1999: 2 buildings, average cost: $60,000
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $60,000
  • 2001: 2 buildings, average cost: $60,000
  • 2002: 1 building, cost: $88,000
  • 2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $47,500
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $47,500
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 42.03 N, Longitude: 94.24 W


Area code: 515

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Population change in the 1990s: +147 (+18.0%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (12%)
  • Truck transportation (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
  • Food (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (21%)
  • Food and beverage stores (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Child care workers (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)


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Grand Junction-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Iowa state average. It is 123% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/13/1976, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 26.1 miles away from the Grand Junction city center injured 9 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/10/1959, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 12.8 miles away from the city center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Grand Junction:
  • GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; JEFFERSON, IA)
  • DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; PERRY, IA)
  • BOONE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; BOONE, IA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Grand Junction:
  • FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 36 miles; FORT DODGE, IA; ID: FOD)
  • DES MOINES INTL (about 54 miles; DES MOINES, IA; ID: DSM)
  • MASON CITY MUNI (about 100 miles; MASON CITY, IA; ID: MCW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Grand Junction:
  • JEFFERSON MUNI (about 8 miles; JEFFERSON, IA; ID: EFW)
  • PERRY MUNI (about 16 miles; PERRY, IA; ID: PRO)
  • GUTHRIE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 28 miles; GUTHRIE CENTER, IA; ID: GCT)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grand Junction:
  • IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; FT DODGE, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,807)
  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; DES MOINES, IA; FT enrollment: 4,227)
  • DES MOINES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; ANKENY, IA; FT enrollment: 6,959)
  • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; AMES, IA; FT enrollment: 24,473)
  • BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; STORM LAKE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,524)
  • GRACELAND UNIVERSITY-LAMONI (about 100 miles; LAMONI, IA; FT enrollment: 2,026)
  • NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 106 miles; MASON CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,161)
Public high school in Grand Junction:
  • GRAND JUNCTION HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 181; Location: 405 12TH ST SOUTH; Grades: 07 - 12)
Library in Grand Junction:
  • GRAND JUNCTION PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $20,966; Location: 106 E. MAIN STREET; 8,554 books; 123 audio materials; 252 video materials; 35 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Grand Junction and their reported violations in the past:

GRAND JCT MUNICIPAL WATER DEPT (Population served: 964, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
LAKESIDE GOLF (Population served: 42, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation - Between OCT-2003 and APR-2004, Contaminant: Nitrate. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAY-25-2004), St Public Notif requested (MAY-25-2004), St Compliance achieved (JUN-01-2004)
  • Monitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation - Between OCT-2003 and APR-2004, Contaminant: Nitrite. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAY-25-2004), St Public Notif requested (MAY-25-2004), St Compliance achieved (JUN-01-2004)
  • 6 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
Iowa:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  69.9%
Whole state:  67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.0%
Whole state:  4.9%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  14.6%
Whole state:  9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  6.8%
Whole state:  3.8%

Grand Junction compared to Iowa state average:
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Grand Junction (2007 data):
  • Peoples Trust & Savings Bank: Grand Junction Branch at 205 East Main Street, branch established on 2001-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $183.9 mil, Deposits: $136.2 mil, headquarters in Adel, IA, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Green Circle Investments, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 1$2,112$25,3440$0
Other Government Administration 0$0 1$450
Financial Administration 0$0 1$800
Streets and Highways 0$0 1$1,408
Local Libraries 0$0 2$1,760
Parks and Recreation 0$0 11$3,260
Totals for Government 1$2,112$25,34416$7,678


Grand Junction government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $67,000
    Solid Waste Management: $50,000
    Parks & Recreation: $10,000
    All Other: $9,000
  • Construction - Sewerage: $397,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $46,000
    Police Protection: $43,000
    Health Services - Other: $42,000
    Solid Waste Management: $36,000
    Parks & Recreation: $35,000
    Libraries: $22,000
    General - Other: $21,000
    Fire Protection: $14,000
    Sewerage: $11,000
    Financial Administration: $9,000
    Central Staff Services: $3,000
    General Public Buildings: $2,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $0
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $335,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $335,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $15,000
    Interest Earnings: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $3,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $384,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $167,000
    Highways: $77,000
    General Support: $18,000
  • Tax - Property: $105,000
    Public Utilities: $3,000
    NEC: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $76,000

5.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,198 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.18%
Iowa average:  6.30%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Polk County, IA  0.57% ($29,714 average AGI)
from Boone County, IA  0.54% ($31,900)
from Guthrie County, IA  0.51% ($31,842)


7.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,103 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.17%
Iowa average:  6.47%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Polk County, IA  0.93% ($29,057 average AGI)
to Boone County, IA  0.66% ($27,880)
to Dallas County, IA  0.61% ($35,304)


Strongest AM radio stations in Grand Junction:
  • WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KWMT (540 AM; 5 kW; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KFGQ (1260 AM; 5 kW; BOONE, IA; Owner: BOONE BIBLICAL MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
  • KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
  • KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
  • KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
  • KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KYDZ (1180 AM; 25 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
  • KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grand Junction:
  • KLTI-FM (104.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
  • KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KGRA (98.9 FM; JEFFERSON, IA; Owner: COON VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WOI-FM (90.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCI & TECH)
  • KSTZ (102.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
  • KKEZ (94.5 FM; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KDLS-FM (105.5 FM; PERRY, IA; Owner: PERRY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KFGQ-FM (99.3 FM; BOONE, IA; Owner: BOONE BIBLICAL MINISTRIES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Grand Junction:
  • KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
  • WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
  • WHO-TV (Channel 13; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • KCCI (Channel 8; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: DES MOINES HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
  • KPWB-TV (Channel 23; AMES, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
  • KDSM-TV (Channel 17; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: KDSM LICENSEE, LLC)

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