Garner vs Klemme

A side-by-side comparison of Garner and Klemme: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garner has the higher population (3,062 vs 540 in Klemme). Garner has the higher median household income ($68,964 vs $57,031 in Klemme). Garner has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $83,300 in Klemme).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Klemme
Population	3,062	540
Median age	51.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,964	$57,031
Median home value	$162,100	$83,300
Median gross rent	$791	$629
Housing units	1,405	252
Homeownership rate	74.9%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Klemme
Population	3,059 → 3,062 (+0.1%)	702 → 540 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$69,831 → $68,964 (-1.2%)	$44,375 → $57,031 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $162,100 (+28.9%)	$58,100 → $83,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $791 (+15.8%)	$609 → $629 (+3.3%)

Garner

Population

3,0593,062

Median household income

$69,831$68,964

Median home value

$125,800$162,100

Median gross rent

$683$791

Klemme

Population

702540

Median household income

$44,375$57,031

Median home value

$58,100$83,300

Median gross rent

$609$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garner	Klemme
Under 5	6.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	6.7%
75 and over	13.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Klemme
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Klemme
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	28.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Klemme
Drove alone	83.5%	90.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Klemme
1-unit, detached	71.2%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Klemme
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1972	1938