Carlos vs Garfield

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

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

Carlos has the higher population (465 vs 295 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $65,625 in Carlos). Carlos has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $162,500 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Carlos	Garfield
Population	465	295
Median age	34.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$70,250
Median home value	$174,600	$162,500
Median gross rent	$888	$477
Housing units	213	177
Homeownership rate	84.2%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlos	Garfield
Population	458 → 465 (+1.5%)	399 → 295 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$62,045 → $65,625 (+5.8%)	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $174,600 (+33.4%)	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $888 (+20.8%)	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)

Carlos

Population

458465

Median household income

$62,045$65,625

Median home value

$130,900$174,600

Median gross rent

$735$888

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)

	Carlos	Garfield
Under 5	7.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	19.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	3.7%	8.1%
75 and over	6.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlos	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	3.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlos	Garfield
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	34.0%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlos	Garfield
Drove alone	90.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlos	Garfield
1-unit, detached	77.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Carlos	Garfield
Poverty rate	8.2%	1.4%
Average household size	2.29	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1974	1955