Dodge City vs Garden City

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

Dodge City 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 549 in Dodge City). Dodge City has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $55,313 in Garden City). Dodge City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $116,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge City	Garden City
Population	549	572
Median age	46.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$55,313
Median home value	$122,800	$116,100
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	241	227
Homeownership rate	84.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge City	Garden City
Population	615 → 549 (-10.7%)	557 → 572 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $58,750 (+29.0%)	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$129,500 → $122,800 (-5.2%)	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $783 (+1.8%)	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)

Dodge City

Population

615549

Median household income

$45,536$58,750

Median home value

$129,500$122,800

Median gross rent

$769$783

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)

	Dodge City	Garden City
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.5%
75 and over	14.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge City	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge City	Garden City
No high school diploma	18.4%	30.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge City	Garden City
Drove alone	77.4%	95.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge City	Garden City
1-unit, detached	78.4%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Dodge City	Garden City
Poverty rate	14.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1981	1971