Garden City.
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Michigan·Wayne County
9 tracts·27K people·$169K median·4,561/mi²
White 80 · Black 7 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Married couple 46 · Living alone 28 · Other 26
Health 44 · Retail 16 · Manufacturing 11 · Leisure 11 · Professional 8 · Public admin 5 · Other 5
Management · business · science · arts 29 · Production · transport 24 · Sales · office 21 · Service 16 · Construction · maintenance 10
Drive alone 79 · Carpool 18 · Work from home 10 · Bike 0 · Walk 0 · Transit 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Garden City is $168,800 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Garden City has 26,739 residents across 9 census tracts and 5 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.9; the population is 79.8% White, 6.6% Black, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% Multiracial, 1.3% Asian and 0.8% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 15.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 10.7% (Census ACS).
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus (34%) and Tipton Academy PK3 (25%) lead the elementary schools; Farmington 56 Campus (29%) and Garden City Middle School (20%) lead the middle schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,150/month, 27% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Garden City is $67,294 a year, 22% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Garden City, median rent is $1,150/month and the median home value is $168,800 (Census ACS).
Garden City reported 1.7 violent crimes and 8.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 82°F; winter lows average 21°F; there are 87 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 35 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Garden City are cold wave (60), heat wave (51) and tornado (46), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Garden City, 0.2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).