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Garden City, MO

1,742 Population
2.5 square miles 704.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±7.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,685 ±$3,708 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,685 ±$468
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,260 ±$7,713 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,460 ±$831
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5% ±2.3% (87  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,768 (±0.2% / ±5,276)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.2 minutes ±5.3 (21,170  ±5,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than 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 Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

675 ±113 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 895,368 ±2,591
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (1,742  ±300) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,187,743 (±0 / ±370)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±4.1% (27  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% 28,576 (±0.3% / ±1,280)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

771 ±108 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 960,950 ±496
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,200 ±$13,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $287,300 ±$2,005
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±4.2% (261  ±84.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.1% 286,404 (±0.3% / ±6,772.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±20.5% (1,021  ±151.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,409,297 (±0.6% / ±8,964.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.7% ±3.5% (99  ±44) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.8% 601,578 (±0.4% / ±5,606.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.6% ±0.9% (11  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,114
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.7% ±4.7% (173  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.7% 112,400 (±0.1% / ±2,222)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
173 Total veterans ±66 170 Male ±66 3 Female ±5

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