Evansville vs Garfield

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

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

Evansville has the higher population (631 vs 295 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $39,063 in Evansville). Garfield has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $145,000 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Garfield
Population	631	295
Median age	36.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$70,250
Median home value	$145,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$632	$477
Housing units	321	177
Homeownership rate	64.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Garfield
Population	608 → 631 (+3.8%)	399 → 295 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$50,903 → $39,063 (-23.3%)	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $145,000 (+22.4%)	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $632 (-1.6%)	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)

Evansville

Population

608631

Median household income

$50,903$39,063

Median home value

$118,500$145,000

Median gross rent

$642$632

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)

	Evansville	Garfield
Under 5	8.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	19.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.1%
75 and over	13.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Garfield
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Garfield
Drove alone	90.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Garfield
1-unit, detached	70.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Garfield
Poverty rate	27.3%	1.4%
Average household size	2.19	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1976	1955