What is the population of Gary city?

Gary city has 308 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #603 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Gary city?

Median household income in Gary city is $72,500 a year, 7.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $123,700.

Is Gary city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gary city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.

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Gary, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gary, Minnesota (Gary, MN — Census place “Gary city”) is 308 residents, ranking #603 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $72,500, the median home is worth $123,700 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Gary Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gary, MN: 56545.

Population: 308Gary city residents
Median household income: $72,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $123,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: —Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 88.7%Owner-occupied households

Gary ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gary.

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

56545

What the numbers mean in Gary city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

The median home costs 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.6% of residents and 88.7% of households own their home.

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

Gary city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gary city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 308 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #603 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 34% of them. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Gary city earn a median of $72,500 a year, 7.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 3.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gary city is valued at $123,700, 59.2% below the national figure and 49% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 88.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 308 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Gary city against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for Gary city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Gary city?: Gary city has 308 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #603 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Gary city?: Median household income in Gary city is $72,500 a year, 7.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gary city?: Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $123,700.
Is Gary city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gary city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
How current is this Gary city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.