Fort Ripley vs Garrison

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Ripley and Garrison: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Ripley and Garrison are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garrison has the higher population (151 vs 63 in Fort Ripley). Fort Ripley has the higher median household income ($53,542 vs $52,656 in Garrison). Since 2019, Fort Ripley's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
Population	63	151
Median age	59.5 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$52,656
Median home value	$218,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	31	137
Homeownership rate	90.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
Population	45 → 63 (+40.0%)	171 → 151 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $53,542 (-13.5%)	$45,682 → $52,656 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $218,800 (+22.9%)	$82,500 → $77,000 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $900 (-5.3%)

Fort Ripley

Population

4563

Median household income

$61,875$53,542

Median home value

$178,100$218,800

Garrison

Population

171151

Median household income

$45,682$52,656

Median home value

$82,500$77,000

Median gross rent

$950$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	34.9%	20.5%
75 and over	7.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
No high school diploma	1.8%	26.9%
High school graduate	60.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
Drove alone	77.8%	62.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	20.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
1-unit, detached	100.0%	23.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	25.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ripley	Garrison
Poverty rate	4.8%	15.9%
Average household size	2.03	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1985	1984