Garfield vs Swainsboro

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

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

Swainsboro has the higher population (7,561 vs 222 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $45,621 in Swainsboro). Swainsboro has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $93,900 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Swainsboro
Population	222	7,561
Median age	37.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$45,621
Median home value	$93,900	$104,800
Median gross rent	—	$788
Housing units	106	3,373
Homeownership rate	63.6%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Swainsboro
Population	154 → 222 (+44.2%)	7,396 → 7,561 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$54,861 → $73,750 (+34.4%)	$26,975 → $45,621 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $93,900 (+13.0%)	$71,900 → $104,800 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $788 (+24.5%)

Garfield

Population

154222

Median household income

$54,861$73,750

Median home value

$83,100$93,900

Swainsboro

Population

7,3967,561

Median household income

$26,975$45,621

Median home value

$71,900$104,800

Median gross rent

$633$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Swainsboro
Under 5	11.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.3%
75 and over	7.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Swainsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	30.1%
Black or African American	37.8%	60.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Swainsboro
No high school diploma	10.3%	18.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Swainsboro
Drove alone	86.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Swainsboro
1-unit, detached	72.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Swainsboro
Poverty rate	24.8%	28.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1961	1976