Garfield vs Palouse

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield and Palouse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palouse has the higher population (1,131 vs 586 in Garfield). Palouse has the higher median household income ($92,875 vs $60,536 in Garfield). Palouse has the higher median home value ($261,000 vs $199,600 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Palouse
Population	586	1,131
Median age	37.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$92,875
Median home value	$199,600	$261,000
Median gross rent	$944	$933
Housing units	238	474
Homeownership rate	82.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Palouse
Population	622 → 586 (-5.8%)	1,028 → 1,131 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$48,571 → $60,536 (+24.6%)	$66,250 → $92,875 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $199,600 (+36.7%)	$169,700 → $261,000 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $944 (+3.6%)	$540 → $933 (+72.8%)

Garfield

Population

622586

Median household income

$48,571$60,536

Median home value

$146,000$199,600

Median gross rent

$911$944

Palouse

Population

1,0281,131

Median household income

$66,250$92,875

Median home value

$169,700$261,000

Median gross rent

$540$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Palouse
Under 5	7.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	24.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Palouse
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.2%
Two or more races	12.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Palouse
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Palouse
Drove alone	88.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	0.9%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Palouse
1-unit, detached	76.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Palouse
Poverty rate	17.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1948	1943