Garrison vs Underwood

A side-by-side comparison of Garrison and Underwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Garrison and Underwood are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garrison has the higher population (1,456 vs 701 in Underwood). Underwood has the higher median household income ($71,625 vs $68,646 in Garrison). Underwood has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $181,800 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Garrison	Underwood
Population	1,456	701
Median age	52.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,646	$71,625
Median home value	$181,800	$196,300
Median gross rent	$625	$718
Housing units	707	373
Homeownership rate	79.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrison	Underwood
Population	1,623 → 1,456 (-10.3%)	803 → 701 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$53,229 → $68,646 (+29.0%)	$69,444 → $71,625 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$130,300 → $181,800 (+39.5%)	$163,500 → $196,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $625 (-8.8%)	$721 → $718 (-0.4%)

Garrison

Population

1,6231,456

Median household income

$53,229$68,646

Median home value

$130,300$181,800

Median gross rent

$685$625

Underwood

Population

803701

Median household income

$69,444$71,625

Median home value

$163,500$196,300

Median gross rent

$721$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrison	Underwood
Under 5	4.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.3%
75 and over	23.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrison	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrison	Underwood
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrison	Underwood
Drove alone	86.9%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	4.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrison	Underwood
1-unit, detached	73.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Garrison	Underwood
Poverty rate	11.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1967	1974