Garden City vs Pooler

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

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

Pooler has the higher population (27,235 vs 10,375 in Garden City). Pooler has the higher median household income ($91,497 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Pooler has the higher median home value ($289,000 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Pooler
Population	10,375	27,235
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$91,497
Median home value	$160,700	$289,000
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,625
Housing units	4,708	12,008
Homeownership rate	40.1%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Pooler
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	23,858 → 27,235 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$79,426 → $91,497 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$214,500 → $289,000 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,250 → $1,625 (+30.0%)

Garden City

Population

8,88510,375

Median household income

$46,772$41,735

Median home value

$121,700$160,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,111

Pooler

Population

23,85827,235

Median household income

$79,426$91,497

Median home value

$214,500$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Pooler
Under 5	3.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.7%
75 and over	5.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Pooler
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	50.3%
Black or African American	39.4%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Pooler
No high school diploma	15.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Pooler
Drove alone	71.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	22.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	11.5%
Other means	1.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Pooler
1-unit, detached	45.6%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Pooler
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1978	2006