Garfield vs Kensington

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

Garfield and Kensington 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 267 in Kensington). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $48,125 in Kensington). Garfield has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $96,500 in Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Kensington
Population	295	267
Median age	46.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$48,125
Median home value	$162,500	$96,500
Median gross rent	$477	—
Housing units	177	139
Homeownership rate	87.1%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Kensington
Population	399 → 295 (-26.1%)	246 → 267 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)	$48,036 → $48,125 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)	$71,700 → $96,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)	$569 → $525 (-7.7%)

Garfield

Population

399295

Median household income

$59,844$70,250

Median home value

$156,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$733$477

Kensington

Population

246267

Median household income

$48,036$48,125

Median home value

$71,700$96,500

Median gross rent

$569$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Kensington
Under 5	1.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	22.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.5%
75 and over	11.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Kensington
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	43.2%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Kensington
Drove alone	83.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Kensington
1-unit, detached	86.4%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Kensington
Poverty rate	1.4%	13.1%
Average household size	1.73	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1955	1940