Garden City vs West Point

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

Garden City and West Point 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 566 in West Point). West Point has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $55,313 in Garden City). West Point has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $116,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	West Point
Population	572	566
Median age	42.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$55,500
Median home value	$116,100	$214,200
Median gross rent	—	$616
Housing units	227	300
Homeownership rate	85.4%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	West Point
Population	557 → 572 (+2.7%)	614 → 566 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)	$56,354 → $55,500 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)	$110,000 → $214,200 (+94.7%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)	$806 → $616 (-23.6%)

Garden City

Population

557572

Median household income

$38,365$55,313

Median home value

$85,300$116,100

Median gross rent

$805$725

West Point

Population

614566

Median household income

$56,354$55,500

Median home value

$110,000$214,200

Median gross rent

$806$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	West Point
Under 5	5.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.4%
75 and over	13.5%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	West Point
No high school diploma	30.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.7%	58.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	West Point
Drove alone	95.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	West Point
1-unit, detached	73.1%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	West Point
Poverty rate	23.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1971	1990