Garber vs North Buena Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Garber and North Buena Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garber has the higher population (129 vs 110 in North Buena Vista). North Buena Vista has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $49,000 in Garber). North Buena Vista has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $67,500 in Garber).

Population, income & housing

	Garber	North Buena Vista
Population	129	110
Median age	39.9 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$53,750
Median home value	$67,500	$88,300
Median gross rent	—	$769
Housing units	60	121
Homeownership rate	76.8%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garber	North Buena Vista
Population	117 → 129 (+10.3%)	76 → 110 (+44.7%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,000 (-7.1%)	$35,833 → $53,750 (+50.0%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)	$77,500 → $88,300 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $430 (-9.5%)	—

Garber

Population

117129

Median household income

$52,750$49,000

Median home value

$59,000$67,500

Median gross rent

$475$430

North Buena Vista

Population

76110

Median household income

$35,833$53,750

Median home value

$77,500$88,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garber	North Buena Vista
Under 5	25.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	5.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.8%	31.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.8%
75 and over	23.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garber	North Buena Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garber	North Buena Vista
No high school diploma	24.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	53.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garber	North Buena Vista
Drove alone	89.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garber	North Buena Vista
1-unit, detached	98.3%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	49.6%

Poverty & households

	Garber	North Buena Vista
Poverty rate	21.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1938	1984