Garrett vs Waitsburg

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

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

Garrett has the higher population (1,824 vs 940 in Waitsburg). Garrett has the higher median household income ($114,194 vs $72,917 in Waitsburg). Garrett has the higher median home value ($374,600 vs $266,700 in Waitsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett	Waitsburg
Population	1,824	940
Median age	57.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,194	$72,917
Median home value	$374,600	$266,700
Median gross rent	$1,075	$820
Housing units	758	466
Homeownership rate	89.1%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett	Waitsburg
Population	1,280 → 1,824 (+42.5%)	1,243 → 940 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$70,184 → $114,194 (+62.7%)	$63,167 → $72,917 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$267,700 → $374,600 (+39.9%)	$177,800 → $266,700 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $1,075 (+88.6%)	$678 → $820 (+20.9%)

Garrett

Population

1,2801,824

Median household income

$70,184$114,194

Median home value

$267,700$374,600

Median gross rent

$570$1,075

Waitsburg

Population

1,243940

Median household income

$63,167$72,917

Median home value

$177,800$266,700

Median gross rent

$678$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrett	Waitsburg
Under 5	1.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	8.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	4.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	26.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.5%
75 and over	14.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett	Waitsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett	Waitsburg
No high school diploma	4.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	11.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett	Waitsburg
Drove alone	84.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett	Waitsburg
1-unit, detached	85.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Garrett	Waitsburg
Poverty rate	3.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	36
Median year structure built	1964	1965