Balaton vs Garvin

A side-by-side comparison of Balaton and Garvin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Balaton has the higher population (544 vs 90 in Garvin). Balaton has the higher median household income ($54,091 vs $41,000 in Garvin). Balaton has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $50,000 in Garvin).

Population, income & housing

	Balaton	Garvin
Population	544	90
Median age	46.7 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,091	$41,000
Median home value	$85,000	$50,000
Median gross rent	$1,081	—
Housing units	279	43
Homeownership rate	76.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balaton	Garvin
Population	600 → 544 (-9.3%)	121 → 90 (-25.6%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $54,091 (+7.5%)	$52,813 → $41,000 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $85,000 (+17.2%)	$55,000 → $50,000 (-9.1%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $1,081 (+88.7%)	$705 → $705 (+0.0%)

Balaton

Population

600544

Median household income

$50,313$54,091

Median home value

$72,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$573$1,081

Garvin

Population

12190

Median household income

$52,813$41,000

Median home value

$55,000$50,000

Median gross rent

$705$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balaton	Garvin
Under 5	6.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	18.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	22.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	25.6%
75 and over	11.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balaton	Garvin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balaton	Garvin
No high school diploma	1.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balaton	Garvin
Drove alone	78.9%	90.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balaton	Garvin
1-unit, detached	93.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balaton	Garvin
Poverty rate	13.3%	23.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1950	1938