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Garfield town, Polk County, WI

1,707 Population
32.8 square miles 52 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 46.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,953 ±$5,282 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $41,288 ±$943
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$98,889 ±$9,178 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Polk County: $77,219 ±$2,446
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±2% (77  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 8.2% † 3,671 (±0.9% / ±419)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32 minutes ±1.9 (24,470  ±4,428) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 29.8 575,800 (±1.2 / ±26,580)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

664 ±86 Number of households
  • Polk County: 19,542 ±239
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (1,704  ±203) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.3 45,046 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±6.3% (24  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 4.4% † 384 (±0.9% / ±81)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,011 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 24,558 ±69
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$315,200 ±$41,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $271,900 ±$7,974
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±3.5% (131  ±60.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 8.8% † 3,993 (±1% / ±464.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±15% (1,125  ±119.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 94.1% 31,575 (±2.4% / ±792.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.7% ±3.7% (315  ±56.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 24.3% 8,164 (±1.2% / ±413.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.5% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 1.2% 537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2.2% (86  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 7.8% 2,842 (±0.6% / ±201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±30 79 Male ±29 7 Female ±8

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