Garnavillo vs Monona

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

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

Monona has the higher population (1,618 vs 815 in Garnavillo). Garnavillo has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $70,509 in Monona). Monona has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $117,200 in Garnavillo).

Population, income & housing

	Garnavillo	Monona
Population	815	1,618
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$70,509
Median home value	$117,200	$125,900
Median gross rent	$920	$1,000
Housing units	380	792
Homeownership rate	82.5%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garnavillo	Monona
Population	826 → 815 (-1.3%)	1,635 → 1,618 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$53,295 → $81,250 (+52.5%)	$42,372 → $70,509 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $117,200 (+30.7%)	$98,600 → $125,900 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $920 (+48.6%)	$830 → $1,000 (+20.5%)

Garnavillo

Population

826815

Median household income

$53,295$81,250

Median home value

$89,700$117,200

Median gross rent

$619$920

Monona

Population

1,6351,618

Median household income

$42,372$70,509

Median home value

$98,600$125,900

Median gross rent

$830$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garnavillo	Monona
Under 5	8.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.2%
75 and over	14.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garnavillo	Monona
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
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%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garnavillo	Monona
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garnavillo	Monona
Drove alone	80.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garnavillo	Monona
1-unit, detached	83.4%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garnavillo	Monona
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1959	1938