Garrison vs Luzerne

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

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

Garrison has the higher population (292 vs 140 in Luzerne). Luzerne has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $57,083 in Garrison). Garrison has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $59,000 in Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Garrison	Luzerne
Population	292	140
Median age	40.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$95,000
Median home value	$65,000	$59,000
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	127	43
Homeownership rate	73.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrison	Luzerne
Population	368 → 292 (-20.7%)	148 → 140 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$41,705 → $57,083 (+36.9%)	$75,536 → $95,000 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $65,000 (+27.5%)	$141,700 → $59,000 (-58.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $830 (+28.5%)	—

Garrison

Population

368292

Median household income

$41,705$57,083

Median home value

$51,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$646$830

Luzerne

Population

148140

Median household income

$75,536$95,000

Median home value

$141,700$59,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrison	Luzerne
Under 5	9.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	4.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	3.6%
75 and over	8.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrison	Luzerne
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrison	Luzerne
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	47.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrison	Luzerne
Drove alone	87.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrison	Luzerne
1-unit, detached	90.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garrison	Luzerne
Poverty rate	17.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.58	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938