Garden City vs Joppa

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

Garden City and Joppa 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 419 in Joppa). Joppa has the higher median home value ($167,100 vs $116,100 in Garden City). Since 2019, Garden City's population has grown faster (+2.7% vs -36.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Joppa
Population	572	419
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	—
Median home value	$116,100	$167,100
Housing units	227	135
Homeownership rate	85.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Joppa
Population	557 → 572 (+2.7%)	664 → 419 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)	—
Median home value	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)	$105,600 → $167,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)	$693 → $935 (+34.9%)

Garden City

Population

557572

Median household income

$38,365$55,313

Median home value

$85,300$116,100

Median gross rent

$805$725

Joppa

Population

664419

Median home value

$105,600$167,100

Median gross rent

$693$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Joppa
Under 5	5.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	6.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	5.0%
75 and over	13.5%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Joppa
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Joppa
No high school diploma	30.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Joppa
Drove alone	95.6%	67.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	25.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Joppa
1-unit, detached	73.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Joppa
Poverty rate	23.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.79	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1971	1993