Garvin vs Russell

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

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

Russell has the higher population (323 vs 90 in Garvin). Russell has the higher median household income ($62,143 vs $41,000 in Garvin). Russell has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $50,000 in Garvin).

Population, income & housing

	Garvin	Russell
Population	90	323
Median age	55.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,000	$62,143
Median home value	$50,000	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	43	178
Homeownership rate	95.2%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garvin	Russell
Population	121 → 90 (-25.6%)	296 → 323 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$52,813 → $41,000 (-22.4%)	$52,292 → $62,143 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $50,000 (-9.1%)	$81,100 → $101,700 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $705 (+0.0%)	$660 → $700 (+6.1%)

Garvin

Population

12190

Median household income

$52,813$41,000

Median home value

$55,000$50,000

Median gross rent

$705$705

Russell

Population

296323

Median household income

$52,292$62,143

Median home value

$81,100$101,700

Median gross rent

$660$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garvin	Russell
Under 5	8.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	22.2%	24.8%
65 to 74	25.6%	11.1%
75 and over	2.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garvin	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garvin	Russell
No high school diploma	14.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	50.7%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garvin	Russell
Drove alone	90.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garvin	Russell
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garvin	Russell
Poverty rate	23.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1951