Grimes, Iowa Grimes, Iowa Location of Grimes, Iowa Location of Grimes, Iowa Website City of Grimes, Iowa Grimes is a town/city in Dallas and Polk counties in the U.S.
Grimes incorporated as a town/city on May 7, 1894. It is titled after James W.
Grimes, former senator and third governor of the state of Iowa. Grimes is positioned at 41 40 59 N 93 47 4 W (41.682939, -93.784438). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.87 square miles (30.74 km2), of which, 11.84 square miles (30.67 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. Climate data for Grimes, Iowa United States Enumeration Bureau.
As of the census of 2010, there were 8,246 citizens , 3,115 homeholds, and 2,222 families residing in the city.
There were 3,272 housing units at an average density of 276.4 per square mile (106.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.0% White, 1.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.8% from other competitions, and 1.3% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,115 homeholds of which 44.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 28.7% were non-families.
21.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.15.
The median age in the town/city was 31.1 years.
31.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 36.7% were from 25 to 44; 20.4% were from 45 to 64; and 5.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,098 citizens , 1,887 homeholds, and 1,437 families residing in the city.
There were 1,958 housing units at an average density of 218.7 per square mile (84.5/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.19% White, 0.33% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.27% from other competitions, and 1.10% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,887 homeholds out of which 47.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families.
19.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.13.
32.7% are under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 39.2% from 25 to 44, 15.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $56,275, and the median income for a family was $60,847.
About 2.4% of families and 3.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.
Grimes has a several parks.
The chief park is Water Works Park, where the enhance library is also located.
A mostly new sports park is now positioned at the south end of Grimes.
Other parks in Grimes include: The Grimes Sports Complex, The Grimes Community Complex, Autumn Park, Beaverbrooke Park, Shawyer Park, North Pointe Park - G, Glenstone Park Grimes' town/city council meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
Grimes, along with Dallas Center, Iowa|Dallas Center, forms the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District fitness which draws students form both Polk and Dallas County.
The high school (grades 10 through 12) and Meadows (grades 8 and 9) form a ground located outside Grimes, one middle school (grades 6 and 7) in Dallas Center, Dallas Center Elementary (grades K through 5), South Prairie Elementary (grades K through 2) in Grimes, and North Ridge Elementary (grades 2 through 4) in Grimes.
Portions of the improve of Grimes, Iowa are also served by the Johnston Community School District.
Primarily, areas inside the Johnston Community School District, but inside the official Grimes City Limits are those areas on the east side of Iowa Highway 141 (a.k.a.
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