Garber vs Osterdock

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

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

Osterdock has the higher population (144 vs 129 in Garber). Osterdock has the higher median household income ($49,185 vs $49,000 in Garber). Since 2019, Osterdock's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs +10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Garber	Osterdock
Population	129	144
Median age	39.9 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$49,185
Median home value	$67,500	—
Housing units	60	52
Homeownership rate	76.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	44.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garber	Osterdock
Population	117 → 129 (+10.3%)	83 → 144 (+73.5%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,000 (-7.1%)	$51,250 → $49,185 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)	$155,000 → $76,100 (-50.9%)
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

Osterdock

Population

83144

Median household income

$51,250$49,185

Median home value

$155,000$76,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garber	Osterdock
Under 5	25.6%	13.2%
5 to 17	5.4%	4.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	1.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	24.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	29.9%
75 and over	23.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garber	Osterdock
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	Osterdock
No high school diploma	24.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	53.2%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garber	Osterdock
Drove alone	89.3%	60.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	40.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garber	Osterdock
1-unit, detached	98.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garber	Osterdock
Poverty rate	21.7%	40.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938