Garfield vs Osakis

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

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

Osakis has the higher population (1,667 vs 295 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $53,684 in Osakis). Osakis has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $162,500 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Osakis
Population	295	1,667
Median age	46.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$53,684
Median home value	$162,500	$169,200
Median gross rent	$477	—
Housing units	177	1,058
Homeownership rate	87.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Osakis
Population	399 → 295 (-26.1%)	1,745 → 1,667 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$59,844 → $70,250 (+17.4%)	$45,250 → $53,684 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$156,900 → $162,500 (+3.6%)	$121,100 → $169,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $477 (-34.9%)	$678 → $709 (+4.6%)

Garfield

Population

399295

Median household income

$59,844$70,250

Median home value

$156,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$733$477

Osakis

Population

1,7451,667

Median household income

$45,250$53,684

Median home value

$121,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$678$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Osakis
Under 5	1.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	19.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.8%
75 and over	11.9%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Osakis
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Osakis
No high school diploma	0.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Osakis
Drove alone	83.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Osakis
1-unit, detached	86.4%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Osakis
Poverty rate	1.4%	13.3%
Average household size	1.73	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1955	1971