Garrett vs St. Joe

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

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

Garrett has the higher population (6,540 vs 420 in St. Joe). Garrett has the higher median household income ($65,611 vs $61,875 in St. Joe). Garrett has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $85,400 in St. Joe).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett	St. Joe
Population	6,540	420
Median age	38.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,611	$61,875
Median home value	$142,800	$85,400
Median gross rent	$836	$700
Housing units	2,911	178
Homeownership rate	82.7%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett	St. Joe
Population	6,651 → 6,540 (-1.7%)	481 → 420 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$46,540 → $65,611 (+41.0%)	$57,125 → $61,875 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $142,800 (+45.7%)	$67,000 → $85,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $836 (+22.9%)	$536 → $700 (+30.6%)

Garrett

Population

6,6516,540

Median household income

$46,540$65,611

Median home value

$98,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$680$836

St. Joe

Population

481420

Median household income

$57,125$61,875

Median home value

$67,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$536$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrett	St. Joe
Under 5	7.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.3%
75 and over	5.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett	St. Joe
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett	St. Joe
No high school diploma	10.7%	29.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett	St. Joe
Drove alone	86.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett	St. Joe
1-unit, detached	81.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Garrett	St. Joe
Poverty rate	12.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1972	1938