Elwood vs Garland

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Garland: population, income, housing, and more.

Elwood and Garland are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garland has the higher population (2,609 vs 1,643 in Elwood). Elwood has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $65,369 in Garland). Elwood has the higher median home value ($480,100 vs $318,000 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Garland
Population	1,643	2,609
Median age	32.2 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$65,369
Median home value	$480,100	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,375	$794
Housing units	448	911
Homeownership rate	93.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Garland
Population	1,138 → 1,643 (+44.4%)	2,520 → 2,609 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$83,068 → $99,375 (+19.6%)	$54,087 → $65,369 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$268,500 → $480,100 (+78.8%)	$163,100 → $318,000 (+95.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,375 (+14.6%)	$743 → $794 (+6.9%)

Elwood

Population

1,1381,643

Median household income

$83,068$99,375

Median home value

$268,500$480,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,375

Garland

Population

2,5202,609

Median household income

$54,087$65,369

Median home value

$163,100$318,000

Median gross rent

$743$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Garland
Under 5	5.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	24.3%	23.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.9%
75 and over	3.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Garland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Garland
No high school diploma	3.2%	23.0%
High school graduate	42.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Garland
Drove alone	77.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Garland
1-unit, detached	96.7%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Garland
Poverty rate	3.3%	13.4%
Average household size	3.68	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1996	1989