County population in 2016: 12,484 (all rural); it was 12,369 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 2,546 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,667 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 3,971 Renter-occupied apartments: 918 (it was 1,013 in 2000)
% of renters here:
20%
State:
28%
Land area: 503 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 25 people per square mile (low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Grundy County: 84.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (28.5%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (13.2%), Educational, health and social services (11.9%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $63,499 ($39,396 in 1999)
This county:
$63,499
Iowa:
$56,247
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $473 (lower quartile is $361, upper quartile is $568)
This county:
$473
State:
$611
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $136,192 (it was $74,200 in 2000)
Grundy:
$136,192
Iowa:
$142,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $83,648 - $194,161 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,090 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $440
Institutionalized population: 154
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 1
Burglaries: 13
Thefts: 22
Auto thefts: 4
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 1
Burglaries: 41
Thefts: 76
Auto thefts: 5
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,631 (1.2%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,620 (1.2%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 5.7%
Grundy County:
5.7%
Iowa:
11.8%
(5.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 9.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 42.5 years old
(Males: 40.9 years old, Females: 44.2 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.1 years old, Black residents: 11.8 years old, American Indian residents: 25.9 years old, Asian residents: 42.1 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 17.0 years old, Other race residents: 48.5 years old)
Area name: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HUD Metro FMR Area Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Grundy County is $459 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $549 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $674 a month.
Current college students: 441 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.2% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 78 (75.4% naturalized citizens)
Grundy County:
0.6%
Whole state:
5.1%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 1
2000 to 2009: 30
1990 to 1999: 7
1980 to 1989: 16
1970 to 1979: 8
Before 1970: 39
Note: State values scaled to Grundy County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 54.2%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,918
One, attached: 103
Two: 50
3 or 4: 206
5 to 9: 115
10 to 19: 27
20 or more: 55
Mobile homes: 143
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Housing units in Grundy County with a mortgage: 2,215 (98 second mortgage, 372 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,911
Here:
66.7% with mortgage
State:
60.6% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Grundy County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Mainline Protestant
4,786
20
Evangelical Protestant
1,727
14
Catholic
1,064
1
None
4,876
-
Grundy County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 6
Grundy County:
4.94 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 8
Grundy County:
6.59 / 10,000 pop.
Iowa:
5.55 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 13
This county:
10.70 / 10,000 pop.
State:
8.01 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Grundy County:
8.7%
Iowa:
7.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Grundy County:
27.4%
State:
27.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
15.7%
State:
14.5%
Agriculture in Grundy County:
Average size of farms: 448 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $193,844 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $312.48 The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 34.14% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $165,670 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 91.26% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $151,066 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 83.29% Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.08 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 3.83% Corn for grain: 149650 harvested acres Soybeans for beans: 141506 harvested acres Vegetables: 5 harvested acres
Earthquake activity:
Grundy County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Iowa state average. It is 83% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 374.7 miles away from Grundy County center On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 356.2 miles away from the county center On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 279.0 miles away from the county center On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.0 MB, 4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 209.9 miles away from the county center On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi) earthquake occurred 400.0 miles away from Grundy County center On 6/18/2002 at 17:37:15, a magnitude 5.0 (4.3 MB, 4.6 MW, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 402.9 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2014 to July 08, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4187: August 05, 2014, FEMA Id: 4187, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 2013 to June 28, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4135: July 31, 2013, FEMA Id: 4135, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2013 to June 15, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4126: July 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4126, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1763: May 27, 2008, FEMA Id: 1763, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
Iowa Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: February 23, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1688: March 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1688, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
Iowa Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3239: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3239, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2004 to June 24, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1518: May 25, 2004, FEMA Id: 1518, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
Iowa Severe Storms & Flooding, Incident Period: April 08, 2001 to May 29, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1367: May 02, 2001, FEMA Id: 1367, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Iowa Severe Weather, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: June 13, 1998 to July 15, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1230: July 02, 1998, FEMA Id: 1230, Natural disaster type: Tornado, Flood
Iowa Flooding, Severe Storm, Incident Period: April 13, 1993 to October 01, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-996: July 09, 1993, FEMA Id: 996, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Grundy County (12) is near the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 11 Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 10, Storms: 8, Tornadoes: 6, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Wind: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
Transportation occupations (7%)
Material moving occupations (6%)
Office and administrative support occupations (22%)
Sales and related occupations (10%)
Education, training, and library occupations (9%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (9%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
Management occupations (7%)
Personal care and service occupations (7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Bangladesh (50%)
India (26%)
Mexico (12%)
Philippines (10%)
Germany (10%)
Korea (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grundy County (%):
German (57%)
American (8%)
Irish (6%)
Norwegian (4%)
English (3%)
Dutch (2%)
European (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 3,374 (79.8%)
Carpooled: 286 (6.8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0.1%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 26 (0.6%)
Bicycle: 23 (0.5%)
Walked: 202 (4.8%)
Worked at home: 318 (7.5%)
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
166 people in nursing homes
7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
People in group quarters in Grundy County, Iowa in 2010:
105 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
46 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
3 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $64,560.
5.63% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,808 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
5.63%
Iowa average:
5.75%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.59% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($33,801 average AGI)
1.04% relocated from other states ($9,007 average AGI)
Grundy County:
1.04%
Iowa average:
2.41%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
6.03% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,974 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.03%
Iowa average:
5.94%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.77% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($32,993 average AGI)
1.26% relocated to other states ($8,980 average AGI)
Grundy County:
1.26%
Iowa average:
2.60%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2 Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.2
Births per 1000 population in Grundy County
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4 Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.1 Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population in Grundy County
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9 Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Grundy County
Population without health insurance coverage in 2013: 8.2% Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2013: 4.7%
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Grundy County
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Grundy County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 2,505 (2,330 aged, 175 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 91 (3%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Grundy County, Iowa in 1999 - 2014:
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (185)
Atherosclerotic heart disease (131)
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified (110)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (109)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (103)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 8.08 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 2,763 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 646 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 9,733
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 819 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,127
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 25 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 24
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,484
In family households: 10,252 (2,066 male householders, 1,401 female householders)
3,060 spouses, 3,372 children (3,127 natural, 101 adopted, 142 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 51 other relatives, 143 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,081 (812 male householders (565 living alone)), 877 female householders (835 living alone)), 390 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 147
Size of family households: 1,930 2-persons, 573 3-persons, 620 4-persons, 234 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.
2,213 married couples with children.
506 single-parent households (150 men, 356 women).
97.9% of residents of Grundy speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $67,234,000 ($5,431 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $616,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $31,767,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $13,764,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $12,620,000 Federal grants: $6,002,000 Federal procurement contracts: $596,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $2,485,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $811,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,402,000 Federal Government insurance: $53,452,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 641
Here:
52 per 1000 residents
State:
66 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 673
Here:
55 per 1000 residents
State:
48 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +1
Here:
+0 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +15
Here:
+1 per 1000 residents
State:
-14 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Grundy County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.78 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Note: State values scaled to Grundy County population
no vehicle: 97
1 vehicle: 844
2 vehicles: 1,796
3 vehicles: 1,047
4 vehicles: 253
5+ vehicles: 91
no vehicle: 129
1 vehicle: 413
2 vehicles: 265
3 vehicles: 199
4 vehicles: 11
5+ vehicles: 53
93% of Grundy County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Iowa.
Grundy County:
93.1%
State average:
84.7%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 10,365
Other state: 1,964
Northeast: 58
Midwest: 1,210
South: 375
West: 317
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