Garber vs Luana

A side-by-side comparison of Garber and Luana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Luana has the higher population (291 vs 129 in Garber). Luana has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $49,000 in Garber). Luana has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $67,500 in Garber).

Population, income & housing

	Garber	Luana
Population	129	291
Median age	39.9 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$73,438
Median home value	$67,500	$157,100
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	60	141
Homeownership rate	76.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garber	Luana
Population	117 → 129 (+10.3%)	235 → 291 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,000 (-7.1%)	$53,571 → $73,438 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)	$92,000 → $157,100 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $430 (-9.5%)	$825 → $675 (-18.2%)

Garber

Population

117129

Median household income

$52,750$49,000

Median home value

$59,000$67,500

Median gross rent

$475$430

Luana

Population

235291

Median household income

$53,571$73,438

Median home value

$92,000$157,100

Median gross rent

$825$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garber	Luana
Under 5	25.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	5.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	13.1%
25 to 34	6.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	4.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.6%
75 and over	23.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garber	Luana
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garber	Luana
No high school diploma	24.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	53.2%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garber	Luana
Drove alone	89.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garber	Luana
1-unit, detached	98.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garber	Luana
Poverty rate	21.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1938	1966