Garden City vs Whitemarsh Island

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

Garden City and Whitemarsh 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 6,918 in Whitemarsh Island). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median home value ($360,400 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
Population	10,375	6,918
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$113,250
Median home value	$160,700	$360,400
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,724
Housing units	4,708	3,123
Homeownership rate	40.1%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	6,893 → 6,918 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$74,318 → $113,250 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$246,400 → $360,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,257 → $1,724 (+37.2%)

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

Whitemarsh Island

Population

6,8936,918

Median household income

$74,318$113,250

Median home value

$246,400$360,400

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.5%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	80.2%
Black or African American	39.4%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
No high school diploma	15.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	38.1%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
Drove alone	71.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	22.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
1-unit, detached	45.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Whitemarsh Island
Poverty rate	15.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1978	1993