Garden City vs Gilcrest

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

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

Gilcrest has the higher population (987 vs 293 in Garden City). Gilcrest has the higher median home value ($287,000 vs $187,500 in Garden City). Since 2019, Garden City's population has grown faster (+36.9% vs +5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Gilcrest
Population	293	987
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,771
Median home value	$187,500	$287,000
Median gross rent	$1,091	$1,900
Housing units	179	310
Homeownership rate	7.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	29.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Gilcrest
Population	214 → 293 (+36.9%)	938 → 987 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $41,250 (+15.8%)	$62,917 → $66,771 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $187,500 (+60.0%)	$189,300 → $287,000 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,091 (+64.6%)	$1,125 → $1,900 (+68.9%)

Garden City

Population

214293

Median household income

$35,625$41,250

Median home value

$117,200$187,500

Median gross rent

$663$1,091

Gilcrest

Population

938987

Median household income

$62,917$66,771

Median home value

$189,300$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Gilcrest
Under 5	2.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	4.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	21.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	27.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.0%
75 and over	0.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Gilcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	28.7%	27.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	66.6%	72.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Gilcrest
No high school diploma	45.5%	21.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Gilcrest
Drove alone	47.9%	91.4%
Carpooled	43.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Gilcrest
1-unit, detached	15.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	58.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Gilcrest
Poverty rate	12.6%	15.2%
Average household size	1.83	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	42
Median year structure built	1966	1975