Garysburg vs Milwaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Garysburg and Milwaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

Garysburg and Milwaukee are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garysburg has the higher population (636 vs 147 in Milwaukee). Milwaukee has the higher median household income ($47,596 vs $37,500 in Garysburg). Milwaukee has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $106,600 in Garysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
Population	636	147
Median age	54.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$47,596
Median home value	$106,600	$108,700
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	512	142
Homeownership rate	64.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	168 → 147 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$50,063 → $47,596 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$108,300 → $108,700 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	—

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

Milwaukee

Population

168147

Median household income

$50,063$47,596

Median home value

$108,300$108,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
Under 5	1.3%	24.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	4.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	25.2%	0.0%
75 and over	7.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	74.1%
Black or African American	97.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	15.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
No high school diploma	20.8%	18.0%
High school graduate	25.3%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
Drove alone	90.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	72.3%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Milwaukee
Poverty rate	16.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.80	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1970	1938