Forada vs Garfield

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

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

Garfield has the higher population (295 vs 140 in Forada). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $68,750 in Forada). Forada has the higher median home value ($233,300 vs $162,500 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Forada	Garfield
Population	140	295
Median age	60.5 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$70,250
Median home value	$233,300	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$477
Housing units	128	177
Homeownership rate	91.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forada	Garfield
Population	157 → 140 (-10.8%)	399 → 295 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $68,750 (+1.0%)	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $233,300 (+43.0%)	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)

Forada

Population

157140

Median household income

$68,036$68,750

Median home value

$163,200$233,300

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)

	Forada	Garfield
Under 5	3.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	1.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	30.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	25.0%	8.1%
75 and over	5.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forada	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	0.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forada	Garfield
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forada	Garfield
Drove alone	92.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forada	Garfield
1-unit, detached	83.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Forada	Garfield
Poverty rate	11.4%	1.4%
Average household size	1.94	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1984	1955