Garrett vs Stoystown

A side-by-side comparison of Garrett and Stoystown: population, income, housing, and more.

Garrett and Stoystown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garrett has the higher population (429 vs 365 in Stoystown). Stoystown has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $55,893 in Garrett). Stoystown has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $81,700 in Garrett).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett	Stoystown
Population	429	365
Median age	45.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$58,750
Median home value	$81,700	$101,000
Median gross rent	$1,047	$718
Housing units	183	174
Homeownership rate	89.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett	Stoystown
Population	400 → 429 (+7.2%)	393 → 365 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $55,893 (+27.8%)	$38,929 → $58,750 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $81,700 (+20.7%)	$86,900 → $101,000 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,047 (+14.7%)	$509 → $718 (+41.1%)

Garrett

Population

400429

Median household income

$43,750$55,893

Median home value

$67,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,047

Stoystown

Population

393365

Median household income

$38,929$58,750

Median home value

$86,900$101,000

Median gross rent

$509$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrett	Stoystown
Under 5	3.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	18.6%	21.9%
75 and over	4.0%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett	Stoystown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	11.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett	Stoystown
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	68.3%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett	Stoystown
Drove alone	86.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	22.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett	Stoystown
1-unit, detached	60.7%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Garrett	Stoystown
Poverty rate	10.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1944	1940