Garden City vs Port Wentworth

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

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

Port Wentworth has the higher population (11,997 vs 10,375 in Garden City). Port Wentworth has the higher median household income ($78,861 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Port Wentworth has the higher median home value ($204,900 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
Population	10,375	11,997
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$78,861
Median home value	$160,700	$204,900
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,648
Housing units	4,708	4,854
Homeownership rate	40.1%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	8,463 → 11,997 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$79,327 → $78,861 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$160,700 → $204,900 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,310 → $1,648 (+25.8%)

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

Port Wentworth

Population

8,46311,997

Median household income

$79,327$78,861

Median home value

$160,700$204,900

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	19.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	4.8%
75 and over	5.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	37.6%
Black or African American	39.4%	48.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
No high school diploma	15.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
Drove alone	71.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
1-unit, detached	45.6%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Port Wentworth
Poverty rate	15.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1978	2005