Garden City vs Skidaway Island

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (10,375 vs 8,907 in Skidaway Island). Skidaway Island has the higher median household income ($121,991 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Skidaway Island has the higher median home value ($763,100 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
Population	10,375	8,907
Median age	35.7 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$121,991
Median home value	$160,700	$763,100
Median gross rent	$1,111	$2,673
Housing units	4,708	4,629
Homeownership rate	40.1%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	8,986 → 8,907 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$93,690 → $121,991 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$495,700 → $763,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,362 → $2,673 (+96.3%)

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

Skidaway Island

Population

8,9868,907

Median household income

$93,690$121,991

Median home value

$495,700$763,100

Median gross rent

$1,362$2,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
Under 5	3.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	23.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	26.7%
75 and over	5.7%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	84.9%
Black or African American	39.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	4.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
No high school diploma	15.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
Drove alone	71.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	22.7%
Other means	1.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
1-unit, detached	45.6%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Skidaway Island
Poverty rate	15.0%	2.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1978	1990