Garfield vs Summertown

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

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

Garfield has the higher population (222 vs 220 in Summertown). Garfield has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $73,300 in Summertown). Since 2019, Garfield's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs +31.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Summertown
Population	222	220
Median age	37.4 yrs	17.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	—
Median home value	$93,900	$73,300
Housing units	106	53
Homeownership rate	63.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Summertown
Population	154 → 222 (+44.2%)	168 → 220 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$54,861 → $73,750 (+34.4%)	—
Median home value	$83,100 → $93,900 (+13.0%)	$56,700 → $73,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$425 → $578 (+36.0%)

Garfield

Population

154222

Median household income

$54,861$73,750

Median home value

$83,100$93,900

Summertown

Population

168220

Median home value

$56,700$73,300

Median gross rent

$425$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Summertown
Under 5	11.3%	9.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	41.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	5.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.6%
75 and over	7.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Summertown
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	52.3%
Black or African American	37.8%	38.6%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Summertown
No high school diploma	10.3%	43.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Summertown
Drove alone	86.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Summertown
1-unit, detached	72.6%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	41.5%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Summertown
Poverty rate	24.8%	28.2%
Average household size	2.74	4.15
Mean commute (minutes)	37	51
Median year structure built	1961	1969