Colony vs Garden City

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (572 vs 261 in Colony). Garden City has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $43,750 in Colony). Garden City has the higher median home value ($116,100 vs $60,800 in Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	Garden City
Population	261	572
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$55,313
Median home value	$60,800	$116,100
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	127	227
Homeownership rate	80.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	Garden City
Population	471 → 261 (-44.6%)	557 → 572 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$38,056 → $43,750 (+15.0%)	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $60,800 (-3.5%)	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $638 (+5.3%)	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)

Colony

Population

471261

Median household income

$38,056$43,750

Median home value

$63,000$60,800

Median gross rent

$606$638

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)

	Colony	Garden City
Under 5	2.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	28.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	5.7%	6.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.5%
75 and over	12.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	83.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony	Garden City
No high school diploma	16.3%	30.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	Garden City
Drove alone	89.5%	95.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	Garden City
1-unit, detached	68.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Colony	Garden City
Poverty rate	17.2%	23.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1980	1971