Garfield vs Oak Park

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield and Oak Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Garfield and Oak Park are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Park has the higher population (462 vs 222 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $38,846 in Oak Park). Garfield has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $70,700 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Oak Park
Population	222	462
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$38,846
Median home value	$93,900	$70,700
Median gross rent	—	$770
Housing units	106	202
Homeownership rate	63.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Oak Park
Population	154 → 222 (+44.2%)	647 → 462 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$54,861 → $73,750 (+34.4%)	$32,656 → $38,846 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $93,900 (+13.0%)	$82,800 → $70,700 (-14.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $770 (+31.6%)

Garfield

Population

154222

Median household income

$54,861$73,750

Median home value

$83,100$93,900

Oak Park

Population

647462

Median household income

$32,656$38,846

Median home value

$82,800$70,700

Median gross rent

$585$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Oak Park
Under 5	11.3%	9.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	6.1%
75 and over	7.7%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	93.5%
Black or African American	37.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Oak Park
No high school diploma	10.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Oak Park
Drove alone	86.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	72.6%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Oak Park
Poverty rate	24.8%	21.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1961	1979