Garden View vs South Williamsport

A side-by-side comparison of Garden View and South Williamsport: population, income, housing, and more.

Garden View and South Williamsport are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Williamsport has the higher population (6,216 vs 2,510 in Garden View). South Williamsport has the higher median household income ($66,810 vs $46,528 in Garden View). South Williamsport has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $128,800 in Garden View).

Population, income & housing

	Garden View	South Williamsport
Population	2,510	6,216
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,528	$66,810
Median home value	$128,800	$186,000
Median gross rent	$1,018	$911
Housing units	1,340	2,627
Homeownership rate	60.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden View	South Williamsport
Population	2,779 → 2,510 (-9.7%)	6,150 → 6,216 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$54,722 → $46,528 (-15.0%)	$54,596 → $66,810 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $128,800 (+11.4%)	$142,200 → $186,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,018 (+9.0%)	$875 → $911 (+4.1%)

Garden View

Population

2,7792,510

Median household income

$54,722$46,528

Median home value

$115,600$128,800

Median gross rent

$934$1,018

South Williamsport

Population

6,1506,216

Median household income

$54,596$66,810

Median home value

$142,200$186,000

Median gross rent

$875$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden View	South Williamsport
Under 5	7.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.0%
75 and over	8.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden View	South Williamsport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden View	South Williamsport
No high school diploma	12.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden View	South Williamsport
Drove alone	72.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden View	South Williamsport
1-unit, detached	51.3%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden View	South Williamsport
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1975	1952