Brandon vs Garfield

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Garfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brandon has the higher population (462 vs 295 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $64,625 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $162,500 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Garfield
Population	462	295
Median age	44.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,625	$70,250
Median home value	$174,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$685	$477
Housing units	204	177
Homeownership rate	66.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Garfield
Population	610 → 462 (-24.3%)	399 → 295 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $64,625 (+20.8%)	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $174,000 (+29.4%)	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $685 (+22.8%)	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)

Brandon

Population

610462

Median household income

$53,500$64,625

Median home value

$134,500$174,000

Median gross rent

$558$685

Garfield

Population

399295

Median household income

$59,844$70,250

Median home value

$156,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$733$477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Garfield
Under 5	4.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	18.8%	19.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.1%
75 and over	10.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Garfield
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Garfield
Drove alone	88.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Garfield
1-unit, detached	55.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Garfield
Poverty rate	3.2%	1.4%
Average household size	2.58	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1976	1955