Kansas · Census place 25325
Garden City city, KS
Quick answer
Garden City city has 27,781 residents, ranking #14 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $72,511, the median home is worth $186,200 and median gross rent runs $990 a month.
- Population
- 27,781Garden City city residents
- Median household income
- $72,511Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $186,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $990Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 59.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Garden City city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Garden City city median would spend about 16.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 59.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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