Best PlacesGrant, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grant, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Grant ranks 13,764th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grant
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Grant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grant ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Grant ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grant
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,244, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Grant's effective rate of 1.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Grant
Grant runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grant.
Who works in Grant, and how
Work in Grant centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Grant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grant.
What the weather is like in Grant, month by month
Grant sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Grant
Eppley Airfield sits about 48 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 73 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Grant
Schools across Grant average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cam South Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Griswold ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Corning Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwest Valley Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Cam Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Cam High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Red Oak Junior/senior High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Southwest Valley High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grant measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Grant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grant
Is Grant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grant ranks 13,764th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, health care access, and civic engagement, and lowest on property taxes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,185. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $79,244 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Grant safe?
Grant is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Grant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grant represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Grant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grant detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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