Garwin vs Montour

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

Garwin and Montour 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 163 in Montour). Montour has the higher median household income ($95,500 vs $56,563 in Garwin). Montour has the higher median home value ($99,600 vs $85,100 in Garwin).

Population, income & housing

	Garwin	Montour
Population	554	163
Median age	50.3 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$95,500
Median home value	$85,100	$99,600
Median gross rent	$645	—
Housing units	264	93
Homeownership rate	79.4%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwin	Montour
Population	530 → 554 (+4.5%)	254 → 163 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$47,986 → $56,563 (+17.9%)	$50,938 → $95,500 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,100 (+17.9%)	$74,400 → $99,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $645 (-3.3%)	$920 → $913 (-0.8%)

Garwin

Population

530554

Median household income

$47,986$56,563

Median home value

$72,200$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$645

Montour

Population

254163

Median household income

$50,938$95,500

Median home value

$74,400$99,600

Median gross rent

$920$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwin	Montour
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	7.4%
18 to 24	15.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	1.8%
35 to 44	4.7%	19.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	18.4%
55 to 64	22.6%	27.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	18.4%
75 and over	7.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwin	Montour
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwin	Montour
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwin	Montour
Drove alone	91.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwin	Montour
1-unit, detached	87.1%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Garwin	Montour
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.28	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1947	1938