Elberon vs Garwin

A side-by-side comparison of Elberon and Garwin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garwin has the higher population (554 vs 162 in Elberon). Elberon has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $56,563 in Garwin). Elberon has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $85,100 in Garwin).

Population, income & housing

	Elberon	Garwin
Population	162	554
Median age	45.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$56,563
Median home value	$102,100	$85,100
Median gross rent	—	$645
Housing units	84	264
Homeownership rate	93.8%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.5%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elberon	Garwin
Population	165 → 162 (-1.8%)	530 → 554 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $58,750 (+2.2%)	$47,986 → $56,563 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $102,100 (+23.8%)	$72,200 → $85,100 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $645 (-3.3%)

Elberon

Population

165162

Median household income

$57,500$58,750

Median home value

$82,500$102,100

Garwin

Population

530554

Median household income

$47,986$56,563

Median home value

$72,200$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elberon	Garwin
Under 5	0.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	9.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	15.7%
25 to 34	20.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	4.7%
45 to 54	19.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	22.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.6%
75 and over	2.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elberon	Garwin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elberon	Garwin
No high school diploma	5.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	68.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elberon	Garwin
Drove alone	85.4%	91.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	9.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elberon	Garwin
1-unit, detached	96.4%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Elberon	Garwin
Poverty rate	11.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	40	19
Median year structure built	1938	1947