Garden City vs Savannah

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

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

Savannah has the higher population (147,546 vs 10,375 in Garden City). Savannah has the higher median household income ($56,782 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Savannah has the higher median home value ($225,200 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Savannah
Population	10,375	147,546
Median age	35.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$56,782
Median home value	$160,700	$225,200
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,302
Housing units	4,708	68,153
Homeownership rate	40.1%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Savannah
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	145,403 → 147,546 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$43,307 → $56,782 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$156,500 → $225,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,019 → $1,302 (+27.8%)

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

Savannah

Population

145,403147,546

Median household income

$43,307$56,782

Median home value

$156,500$225,200

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Savannah
Under 5	3.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.1%
75 and over	5.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Savannah
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	35.5%
Black or African American	39.4%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Savannah
No high school diploma	15.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Savannah
Drove alone	71.2%	70.4%
Carpooled	22.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Savannah
1-unit, detached	45.6%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	14.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Savannah
Poverty rate	15.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1978	1971