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Garden City, KS

27,819 Population
11.2 square miles 2,482.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 31.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,458 ±$1,508 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: $32,062 ±$1,161
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,865 ±$4,970 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: $73,009 ±$4,668
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±2.6% (2,978  ±714) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 11.1% † 4,134 (±2.2% / ±810)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14 minutes ±0.5 (188,530  ±10,476) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 14.7 259,725 (±0.8 / ±15,882)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,941 ±295 Number of households
  • the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 13,229 ±257
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (27,101  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 2.8 37,360 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±2.5% (517  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 8.1% † 702 (±2% / ±175)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,798 ±253 Number of housing units
  • the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 14,355 ±39
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,000 ±$10,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: $201,400 ±$11,156
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.4% ±3.5% (4,500  ±968.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 14.4% † 5,427 (±2.7% / ±1,026.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

68.9% ±4.2% (11,625  ±751) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 71.8% 16,315 (±3.8% / ±855.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±2.3% (2,950  ±386.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 19% † 4,312 (±1.9% / ±433.8)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half 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

27.9% ±2.3% (7,765  ±626) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 23.9% 9,111
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±0.9% (749  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 3.6% † 950 (±0.8% / ±199)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
749 Total veterans ±186 633 Male ±155 116 Female ±77

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