Garfield vs Nelson

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

Garfield and Nelson 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 113 in Nelson). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $52,708 in Nelson). Garfield has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $156,700 in Nelson).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Nelson
Population	295	113
Median age	46.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$52,708
Median home value	$162,500	$156,700
Median gross rent	$477	$917
Housing units	177	71
Homeownership rate	87.1%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Nelson
Population	399 → 295 (-26.1%)	151 → 113 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)	$43,000 → $52,708 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)	$118,400 → $156,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)	$921 → $917 (-0.4%)

Garfield

Population

399295

Median household income

$59,844$70,250

Median home value

$156,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$733$477

Nelson

Population

151113

Median household income

$43,000$52,708

Median home value

$118,400$156,700

Median gross rent

$921$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Nelson
Under 5	1.7%	0.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	19.3%	24.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.4%
75 and over	11.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Nelson
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Nelson
Drove alone	83.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Nelson
1-unit, detached	86.4%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	21.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Nelson
Poverty rate	1.4%	13.3%
Average household size	1.73	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1955	1972