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Garden City city, Wayne County, MI

26,910 Population
5.9 square miles 4,590.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,640 ±$1,697 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $33,956 ±$277
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$64,396 ±$3,670 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $59,521 ±$559
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

11.3% ±1.9% (3,019  ±517) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 20.1% 353,134 (±0.4% / ±7,273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

26.1 minutes ±2.4 (304,845  ±31,121) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 25 16,213,625 (±0.2 / ±164,883)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

11,015 ±352 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 693,446 ±1,934
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (26,849  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,753,936 (±0 / ±264)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

7.2% ±2.3% (426  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 5.8% 24,068 (±0.3% / ±1,350)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

11,395 ±345 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 796,119 ±208
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$162,400 ±$2,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $170,200 ±$1,410
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

8.2% ±1.4% (2,173  ±359.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 10.3% 179,607 (±0.3% / ±5,201.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

90.7% ±4.1% (17,516  ±844.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 87.9% 1,058,716 (±0.6% / ±7,674.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
14.6% ±1.7% (2,826  ±326.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 26.9% 323,849 (±0.4% / ±4,203.7)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

3.9% ±1% (1,053  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 9.7% 172,344
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.6% ±1.2% (1,618  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 5.1% 68,659 (±0.2% / ±1,996)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,618 Total veterans ±266 1,456 Male ±237 162 Female ±90

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