Garwin vs Toledo

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

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

Toledo has the higher population (2,079 vs 554 in Garwin). Toledo has the higher median household income ($56,719 vs $56,563 in Garwin). Toledo has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $85,100 in Garwin).

Population, income & housing

	Garwin	Toledo
Population	554	2,079
Median age	50.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$56,719
Median home value	$85,100	$124,000
Median gross rent	$645	$958
Housing units	264	1,003
Homeownership rate	79.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwin	Toledo
Population	530 → 554 (+4.5%)	2,303 → 2,079 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$47,986 → $56,563 (+17.9%)	$39,767 → $56,719 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,100 (+17.9%)	$87,700 → $124,000 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $645 (-3.3%)	$755 → $958 (+26.9%)

Garwin

Population

530554

Median household income

$47,986$56,563

Median home value

$72,200$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$645

Toledo

Population

2,3032,079

Median household income

$39,767$56,719

Median home value

$87,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$755$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwin	Toledo
Under 5	1.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	15.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	22.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	9.6%
75 and over	7.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwin	Toledo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwin	Toledo
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwin	Toledo
Drove alone	91.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwin	Toledo
1-unit, detached	87.1%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Garwin	Toledo
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1947	1961