Garrison vs Norway

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

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

Norway has the higher population (490 vs 292 in Garrison). Norway has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $57,083 in Garrison). Norway has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $65,000 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Garrison	Norway
Population	292	490
Median age	40.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$91,250
Median home value	$65,000	$155,400
Median gross rent	$830	$1,063
Housing units	127	226
Homeownership rate	73.5%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrison	Norway
Population	368 → 292 (-20.7%)	518 → 490 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$41,705 → $57,083 (+36.9%)	$55,625 → $91,250 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $65,000 (+27.5%)	$114,300 → $155,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $830 (+28.5%)	$632 → $1,063 (+68.2%)

Garrison

Population

368292

Median household income

$41,705$57,083

Median home value

$51,000$65,000

Median gross rent

$646$830

Norway

Population

518490

Median household income

$55,625$91,250

Median home value

$114,300$155,400

Median gross rent

$632$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrison	Norway
Under 5	9.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	7.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.0%
75 and over	8.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrison	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	99.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrison	Norway
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	47.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrison	Norway
Drove alone	87.1%	89.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrison	Norway
1-unit, detached	90.6%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garrison	Norway
Poverty rate	17.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1963