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Garfield, WA map Population (year 2000): 641. Estimated population in July 2006: 608 (-5.1% change)
 

Males: 321  (50.1%)
Females: 320  (49.9%)

Whitman County

Median resident age:  39.3 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 99130.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,800 (it was $36,250 in 2000)
Garfield  $35,800
Washington:  $49,262

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $91,000 (it was $79,300 in 2000)
Garfield  $91,000
Washington:  $227,700

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Races in Garfield:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
  • Two or more races (1.7%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)

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Ancestries: German (24.3%), English (19.3%), Irish (14.4%), United States (8.0%), Scotch-Irish (5.0%), French (4.1%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1890

Elevation: 2467 feet

Land area: 0.67 square miles.

Population density: 934 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Garfield

  • High school or higher: 87.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
  • Unemployed: 4.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 30.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Garfield town

  • Never married: 18.8%
  • Now married: 59.7%
  • Separated: 2.6%
  • Widowed: 8.3%
  • Divorced: 10.7%

5 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.8%
Washington:  10.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Garfield:  1.1% ($854)
Washington:  1.1% ($1,915)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (49.5 miles , pop. 195,629).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (347.7 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (897.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Steptoe, WA (6.7 miles ), Palouse, WA (8.2 miles ), Farmington, WA (8.6 miles) , Oakesdale, WA (11.0 miles ), Tekoa, WA (15.6 miles ), Albion, WA (16.7 miles ), Colfax, WA (17.5 miles ), Potlatch, ID (17.8 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $128,600
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $120,000
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 1 building, cost: $150,000
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $400,000
  • 2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 47.01 N, Longitude: 117.14 W


Area code: 509

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Population change in the 1990s: +84 (+15.1%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (32%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Top executives (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Top executives (5%)


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Crime in Garfield by Year
Type 2003 2004 2005
Murders 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Rapes 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Robberies 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Assaults 001
    per 100,000 0.00.0153.4
Burglaries 244
    per 100,000 315.5628.9613.5
Thefts 6714
    per 100,000 946.41100.62147.2
Auto thefts 114
    per 100,000 157.7157.2613.5
Arson 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 118.7) 72.6100.6208.6

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.59
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Garfield:
  • PULLMAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; PULLMAN, WA)
  • WHITMAN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; COLFAX, WA)
  • GRITMAN MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles; MOSCOW, ID)

Political contributions by individuals in Garfield, WA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Garfield:
  • PULLMAN/MOSCOW REGIONAL (about 20 miles; PULLMAN/MOSCOW,ID, WA; ID: PUW)
  • LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY (about 46 miles; LEWISTON, ID; ID: LWS)
  • SPOKANE INTL (about 50 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: GEG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Garfield:
  • WILLARD FIELD (about 18 miles; TEKOA, WA; ID: 73S)
  • WHITMAN CO MEMORIAL (about 21 miles; COLFAX, WA; ID: S94)
  • ROSALIA MUNI (about 25 miles; ROSALIA, WA; ID: 72S)

Amtrak stations near Garfield:
  • 18 miles: COLFAX (610 S. MAIN ST.) - Bus Station
  • 19 miles: PULLMAN (1002 NYE ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Garfield:
  • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 34 miles; MOSCOW, ID; Full-time enrollment: 9,823)
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
  • LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE (about 44 miles; LEWISTON, ID; FT enrollment: 2,213)
  • EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
  • GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,860)
  • SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)
  • SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
Public elementary/middle schools in Garfield:

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Average household size:
This town:  2.5 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  68.0%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  4.3%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  12.9%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  4.4%
Whole state:  4.6%

Garfield compared to Washington state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Banks with branches in Garfield (2007 data):
  • The State National Bank of Garfield: The State National Bank Of Garfield at 3rd And California, branch established on 1902-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $90.9 mil, Deposits: $80.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Solid Waste Management 0$0 1$75
Sewerage 1$2,405$28,8600$0
Water Supply 0$0 1$1,877
Police Protection - Officers 0$0 1$1,350
Financial Administration 0$0 1$1,516
Totals for Government 1$2,405$28,8604$4,818


Garfield government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $104,000
    Solid Waste Management: $49,000
    All Other: $2,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $52,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $47,000
    Sewerage: $36,000
    Solid Waste Management: $30,000
    Regular Highways: $29,000
    General - Other: $20,000
    Financial Administration: $20,000
    Water Utilities: $18,000
    General Public Buildings: $7,000
    Fire Protection: $7,000
    Parks & Recreation: $5,000
    Central Staff Services: $5,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $4,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $40,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Libraries: $7,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $79,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $901,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $890,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $11,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $24,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $44,000
    Parks & Recreation: $13,000
    Fire Protection: $4,000
    General - Other: $2,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $642,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $54,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $39,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $64,000
    General Support: $6,000
    All Other: $4,000
  • Tax - Property: $95,000
    Total General Sales: $27,000
    NEC: $2,000
    Public Utilities: $2,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $104,000

13.88% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,185 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  13.88%
Washington average:  7.86%

1.43% of residents moved from foreign countries ($489 average AGI)
Whitman County:  1.43%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Spokane County, WA  1.43% ($24,961 average AGI)
from King County, WA  1.20% ($24,413)
from Latah County, ID  0.83% ($30,330)


14.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,516 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  14.93%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.33% of residents moved to foreign countries ($344 average AGI)
Whitman County:  0.33%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Spokane County, WA  2.04% ($29,447 average AGI)
to King County, WA  1.76% ($23,284)
to Latah County, ID  0.89% ($29,661)


Strongest AM radio stations in Garfield:
  • KMAX (840 AM; 10 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KWSU (1250 AM; 5 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
  • KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KVNI (1080 AM; 10 kW; COEUR D' ALENE, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KCLX (1450 AM; 1 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KJRB (790 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KOZE (950 AM; 5 kW; LEWISTON, ID; Owner: 4-K RADIO, INC.)
  • KTRW (970 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KTRW, LLC)
  • KDRK (1050 AM; 5 kW; DISHMAN, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Garfield:
  • KRAO-FM (102.5 FM; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KHTR (104.3 FM; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KDRK-FM (93.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KIXZ-FM (96.1 FM; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KPBX-FM (91.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • KMBI-FM (107.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • KCDA (103.1 FM; POST FALLS, ID; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KISC (98.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KZZU-FM (92.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB)
  • KZZL-FM (99.5 FM; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KZBD (105.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KEYF-FM (101.1 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KZFN (106.1 FM; MOSCOW, ID; Owner: KRPL, INC.)
  • KRFA-FM (91.7 FM; MOSCOW, ID; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KSFC (91.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO)
  • KKZX (98.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KEEH (104.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: UPPER COLUMBIA MEDIA ASSOCIATION)
  • KICR (102.3 FM; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KRLF (88.5 FM; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: LIVING FAITH F/SHIP EDUC. MINISTRIES)

TV broadcast stations around Garfield:
  • KWSU-TV (Channel 10; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KREM-TV (Channel 2; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KING BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KHQ-TV (Channel 6; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KHQ, INCORPORATED)
  • K40EE (Channel 40; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: SPOKANE TELEVISION, INC.)

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