What is the population of Garden City city?

Garden City city has 26,910 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Garden City city?

Median household income in Garden City city is $64,396 a year, 18% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Garden City city?

Median gross rent is $991 a month and the median home value is $162,400, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Garden City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Garden City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Garden City, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Garden City, Michigan (Garden City, MI — Census place “Garden City city”) is 26,910 residents, ranking #44 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $64,396, the median home is worth $162,400 and median gross rent runs $991 a month. Looking for the Garden City Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Garden City, MI: 48135.

Population: 26,910Garden City city residents
Median household income: $64,396Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $162,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $991Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.2%Owner-occupied households

Garden City ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Garden City.

The Garden City MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48135

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 18.5% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.3% of residents and 79.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Garden City city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Garden City city is a small city in Michigan, with 26,910 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #44 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 40.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Garden City city earn a median of $64,396 a year, 18% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Garden City city is valued at $162,400, 46.5% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $991 a month, 29.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,892 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 79.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Garden City city?: Garden City city has 26,910 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #44 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Garden City city?: Median household income in Garden City city is $64,396 a year, 18% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Garden City city?: Median gross rent is $991 a month and the median home value is $162,400, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Garden City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Garden City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Garden City city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.