Berlin vs Garden City

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Garden City: population, income, housing, and more.

Berlin and Garden City are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berlin has the higher population (592 vs 572 in Garden City). Berlin has the higher median household income ($59,423 vs $55,313 in Garden City). Berlin has the higher median home value ($144,100 vs $116,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Garden City
Population	592	572
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$55,313
Median home value	$144,100	$116,100
Median gross rent	$1,042	—
Housing units	298	227
Homeownership rate	88.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Garden City
Population	369 → 592 (+60.4%)	557 → 572 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$31,951 → $59,423 (+86.0%)	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $144,100 (+92.1%)	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,042 (+11.1%)	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)

Berlin

Population

369592

Median household income

$31,951$59,423

Median home value

$75,000$144,100

Median gross rent

$938$1,042

Garden City

Population

557572

Median household income

$38,365$55,313

Median home value

$85,300$116,100

Median gross rent

$805$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Garden City
Under 5	2.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	20.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.8%
65 to 74	17.9%	11.5%
75 and over	1.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	94.6%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Garden City
No high school diploma	24.6%	30.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Garden City
Drove alone	89.3%	95.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Garden City
1-unit, detached	58.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Garden City
Poverty rate	9.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1993	1971