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Gardner, KS

24,526 Population
12.2 square miles 2,007.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$37,845 ±$2,387 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,685 ±$468
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$96,818 ±$6,474 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,460 ±$831
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

6.3% ±2% (1,533  ±489) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,768 (±0.2% / ±5,276)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

22.9 minutes ±1.3 (259,095  ±21,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.2 21,708,696 (±0.2 / ±220,341)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

8,288 ±323 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 895,368 ±2,591
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.9 ±0.1 (24,302  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,187,743 (±0 / ±370)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

7.3% ±2.8% (459  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% 28,576 (±0.3% / ±1,280)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

8,472 ±339 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 960,950 ±496
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$306,200 ±$11,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $287,300 ±$2,005
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

11.6% ±3.2% (2,812  ±768.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.1% 286,404 (±0.3% / ±6,772.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

95.6% ±4.8% (14,209  ±888.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,409,297 (±0.6% / ±8,964.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
32% ±3.5% (4,759  ±541.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.8% 601,578 (±0.4% / ±5,606.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

6.1% ±1.9% (1,489  ±471) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,114
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

6.6% ±1.4% (1,110  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.7% 112,400 (±0.1% / ±2,222)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
1,110 Total veterans ±243 1,038 Male ±231 72 Female ±53

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