Blairstown vs Garrison

A side-by-side comparison of Blairstown and Garrison: population, income, housing, and more.

Blairstown and Garrison are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blairstown has the higher population (652 vs 292 in Garrison). Blairstown has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $57,083 in Garrison). Blairstown has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $65,000 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Garrison
Population	652	292
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$57,083
Median home value	$164,300	$65,000
Median gross rent	$783	$830
Housing units	279	127
Homeownership rate	79.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Garrison
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	368 → 292 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$41,705 → $57,083 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$51,000 → $65,000 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	$646 → $830 (+28.5%)

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

Garrison

Population

368292

Median household income

$41,705$57,083

Median home value

$51,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$646$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Garrison
Under 5	11.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	7.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	20.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	16.1%
75 and over	9.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Garrison
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Garrison
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Garrison
Drove alone	78.5%	87.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Garrison
1-unit, detached	87.1%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Garrison
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1955	1938