Garwin vs Gladbrook

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

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

Gladbrook has the higher population (998 vs 554 in Garwin). Gladbrook has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $56,563 in Garwin). Gladbrook has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $85,100 in Garwin).

Population, income & housing

	Garwin	Gladbrook
Population	554	998
Median age	50.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$63,125
Median home value	$85,100	$117,200
Median gross rent	$645	$807
Housing units	264	470
Homeownership rate	79.4%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwin	Gladbrook
Population	530 → 554 (+4.5%)	982 → 998 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$47,986 → $56,563 (+17.9%)	$55,938 → $63,125 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,100 (+17.9%)	$92,200 → $117,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $645 (-3.3%)	$581 → $807 (+38.9%)

Garwin

Population

530554

Median household income

$47,986$56,563

Median home value

$72,200$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$645

Gladbrook

Population

982998

Median household income

$55,938$63,125

Median home value

$92,200$117,200

Median gross rent

$581$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwin	Gladbrook
Under 5	1.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	15.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.4%
75 and over	7.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwin	Gladbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwin	Gladbrook
No high school diploma	12.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwin	Gladbrook
Drove alone	91.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwin	Gladbrook
1-unit, detached	87.1%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Garwin	Gladbrook
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1947	1953