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Garfield’s story
Garfield in pictures
4 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
GarfieldKS
A town of 126.
Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
126
residents
Median home value
$84K
Census ACS
Household income
$47K
median
Median age
59.3
years
Jobs based here
3
A commuter town
Small town
126 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Garfield. Another town gets a different order.
Work & commute
Most working residents commute out of Garfield
Most working residents leave Garfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Great Bend (11%), Larned (10%) and Grant (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.
0%work in town
Where working residents work
In Garfield0%
Great Bend11%
Larned10%
Grant8%
Pawnee7%
30 mi
median commute distance
3
jobs based in Garfield
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Natural hazards
High risk, with drought at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
68risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
DroughtHailInland flooding
3
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate
Four seasons, hot summers
Garfield has chilly winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 15 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
15″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter22–46°
Spring41–68°
Summer64–90°
Fall43–70°
Oct 22
typical first frost
Apr 22
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health
How healthy Garfield is
Garfield beats the Kansas average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
32 measures vs. Kansas
4 better27 too close to call1 worse
| What stands out | Garfield | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.8% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.1% |
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
10.5 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
A commuter town
100% of working residents leave Garfield for work
Where Garfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
3jobs based in Garfield
0%of working residents work in town
30 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Garfield
City in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States
Garfield is a city in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 151.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Population
- 151
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,077 ft
- ZIP code
- 67529
- Area code
- 620
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