Garber vs St. Olaf

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

Garber and St. Olaf 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 75 in St. Olaf). St. Olaf has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $49,000 in Garber). St. Olaf has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $67,500 in Garber).

Population, income & housing

	Garber	St. Olaf
Population	129	75
Median age	39.9 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$88,750
Median home value	$67,500	$76,700
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	60	42
Homeownership rate	76.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garber	St. Olaf
Population	117 → 129 (+10.3%)	160 → 75 (-53.1%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,000 (-7.1%)	$61,563 → $88,750 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)	$71,700 → $76,700 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $430 (-9.5%)	$538 → $775 (+44.1%)

Garber

Population

117129

Median household income

$52,750$49,000

Median home value

$59,000$67,500

Median gross rent

$475$430

St. Olaf

Population

16075

Median household income

$61,563$88,750

Median home value

$71,700$76,700

Median gross rent

$538$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garber	St. Olaf
Under 5	25.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	5.4%	6.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	6.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	22.7%
55 to 64	7.8%	24.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.3%
75 and over	23.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garber	St. Olaf
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	St. Olaf
No high school diploma	24.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	53.2%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garber	St. Olaf
Drove alone	89.3%	89.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.9%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garber	St. Olaf
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	St. Olaf
Poverty rate	21.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938