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Garden City, KS

27,781 Population
11 square miles 2,523.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 32.1 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,278 ±$1,604 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: $31,556 ±$1,222
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$72,511 ±$5,976 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: $72,437 ±$4,380
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

11.4% ±2.8% (3,090  ±756) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 11.7% † 4,351 (±2.3% / ±840)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

13.8 minutes ±0.7 (185,770  ±11,774) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 14.4 255,060 (±0.7 / ±14,742)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

10,017 ±317 Number of households
  • the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 13,198 ±267
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.7 ±0.1 (27,067  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 2.8 37,284 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

9.7% ±2.7% (583  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 8.4% † 729 (±1.9% / ±165)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

10,827 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 14,279 ±39
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$186,200 ±$7,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: $191,100 ±$7,029
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

18.3% ±3.5% (5,030  ±,953.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 15.9% † 5,990 (±2.5% / ±,949.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

68.2% ±4.1% (11,559  ±,747.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 71.2% 16,014 (±3.7% / ±,826.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
18.7% ±2.1% (3,170  ±,366.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 19.7% 4,442 (±1.8% / ±,410.4)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

26.4% ±2.4% (7,325  ±653) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 23.1% 8,775
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

3.3% ±0.8% (664  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Garden City, KS Micro Area: 3.2% † 860 (±0.7% / ±189)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
664 Total veterans ±152 589 Male ±133 75 Female ±56

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