East Point vs Garden City

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

East Point 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 447 in East Point). East Point has the higher median home value ($201,700 vs $116,100 in Garden City). Since 2019, East Point's population has grown faster (+72.6% vs +2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	East Point	Garden City
Population	447	572
Median age	33.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,313
Median home value	$201,700	$116,100
Housing units	108	227
Homeownership rate	93.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Point	Garden City
Population	259 → 447 (+72.6%)	557 → 572 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$68,060 → $78,703 (+15.6%)	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $201,700 (+91.0%)	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)

East Point

Population

259447

Median household income

$68,060$78,703

Median home value

$105,600$201,700

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)

	East Point	Garden City
Under 5	13.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	32.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	21.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	3.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	2.0%	11.5%
75 and over	0.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Point	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Point	Garden City
No high school diploma	11.1%	30.8%
High school graduate	14.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	58.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Point	Garden City
Drove alone	92.5%	95.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Point	Garden City
1-unit, detached	92.6%	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	7.4%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	East Point	Garden City
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.4%
Average household size	4.14	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1983	1971