Garnavillo vs Marquette

A side-by-side comparison of Garnavillo and Marquette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garnavillo has the higher population (815 vs 432 in Marquette). Garnavillo has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $38,125 in Marquette). Marquette has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $117,200 in Garnavillo).

Population, income & housing

	Garnavillo	Marquette
Population	815	432
Median age	38.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$38,125
Median home value	$117,200	$137,000
Median gross rent	$920	$696
Housing units	380	280
Homeownership rate	82.5%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garnavillo	Marquette
Population	826 → 815 (-1.3%)	396 → 432 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$53,295 → $81,250 (+52.5%)	$42,143 → $38,125 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $117,200 (+30.7%)	$107,500 → $137,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $920 (+48.6%)	$575 → $696 (+21.0%)

Garnavillo

Population

826815

Median household income

$53,295$81,250

Median home value

$89,700$117,200

Median gross rent

$619$920

Marquette

Population

396432

Median household income

$42,143$38,125

Median home value

$107,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$575$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garnavillo	Marquette
Under 5	8.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	22.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.6%
75 and over	14.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garnavillo	Marquette
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garnavillo	Marquette
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garnavillo	Marquette
Drove alone	80.3%	88.4%
Carpooled	2.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garnavillo	Marquette
1-unit, detached	83.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Garnavillo	Marquette
Poverty rate	11.3%	19.7%
Average household size	2.22	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1959	1976