Arthur vs Garrett

A side-by-side comparison of Arthur and Garrett: population, income, housing, and more.

Arthur and Garrett are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arthur has the higher population (2,024 vs 92 in Garrett). Garrett has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $52,115 in Arthur). Arthur has the higher median home value ($146,200 vs $95,000 in Garrett).

Population, income & housing

	Arthur	Garrett
Population	2,024	92
Median age	47.0 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,115	$68,214
Median home value	$146,200	$95,000
Median gross rent	$841	$770
Housing units	1,056	79
Homeownership rate	73.7%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthur	Garrett
Population	2,510 → 2,024 (-19.4%)	128 → 92 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$58,920 → $52,115 (-11.5%)	$44,167 → $68,214 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $146,200 (+31.0%)	$47,500 → $95,000 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $841 (+5.0%)	$488 → $770 (+57.8%)

Arthur

Population

2,5102,024

Median household income

$58,920$52,115

Median home value

$111,600$146,200

Median gross rent

$801$841

Garrett

Population

12892

Median household income

$44,167$68,214

Median home value

$47,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$488$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthur	Garrett
Under 5	5.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	4.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	20.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	22.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.1%
75 and over	19.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthur	Garrett
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthur	Garrett
No high school diploma	17.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthur	Garrett
Drove alone	74.5%	85.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthur	Garrett
1-unit, detached	84.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Arthur	Garrett
Poverty rate	18.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.04	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1968	1945