Garwin vs Traer

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

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

Traer has the higher population (1,464 vs 554 in Garwin). Traer has the higher median household income ($79,653 vs $56,563 in Garwin). Traer has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $85,100 in Garwin).

Population, income & housing

	Garwin	Traer
Population	554	1,464
Median age	50.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$79,653
Median home value	$85,100	$131,900
Median gross rent	$645	$1,016
Housing units	264	699
Homeownership rate	79.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwin	Traer
Population	530 → 554 (+4.5%)	1,547 → 1,464 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$47,986 → $56,563 (+17.9%)	$60,673 → $79,653 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,100 (+17.9%)	$118,400 → $131,900 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $645 (-3.3%)	$719 → $1,016 (+41.3%)

Garwin

Population

530554

Median household income

$47,986$56,563

Median home value

$72,200$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$645

Traer

Population

1,5471,464

Median household income

$60,673$79,653

Median home value

$118,400$131,900

Median gross rent

$719$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwin	Traer
Under 5	1.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	15.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	7.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwin	Traer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwin	Traer
No high school diploma	12.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwin	Traer
Drove alone	91.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwin	Traer
1-unit, detached	87.1%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Garwin	Traer
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1947	1955