Garrison vs Mount Auburn

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

Garrison and Mount Auburn 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 183 in Mount Auburn). Mount Auburn has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $57,083 in Garrison). Mount Auburn has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $65,000 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
Population	292	183
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$76,250
Median home value	$65,000	$109,400
Median gross rent	$830	$1,021
Housing units	127	76
Homeownership rate	73.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
Population	368 → 292 (-20.7%)	129 → 183 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$41,705 → $57,083 (+36.9%)	$53,942 → $76,250 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $65,000 (+27.5%)	$57,500 → $109,400 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $830 (+28.5%)	$533 → $1,021 (+91.6%)

Garrison

Population

368292

Median household income

$41,705$57,083

Median home value

$51,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$646$830

Mount Auburn

Population

129183

Median household income

$53,942$76,250

Median home value

$57,500$109,400

Median gross rent

$533$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
Under 5	9.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	18.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	90.2%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
No high school diploma	11.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	47.8%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
Drove alone	87.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
1-unit, detached	90.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Garrison	Mount Auburn
Poverty rate	17.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938