Garden City vs Wilmington Island

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

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

Wilmington Island has the higher population (14,457 vs 10,375 in Garden City). Wilmington Island has the higher median household income ($92,578 vs $41,735 in Garden City). Wilmington Island has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $160,700 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
Population	10,375	14,457
Median age	35.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,735	$92,578
Median home value	$160,700	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,680
Housing units	4,708	6,461
Homeownership rate	40.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
Population	8,885 → 10,375 (+16.8%)	15,834 → 14,457 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$46,772 → $41,735 (-10.8%)	$82,500 → $92,578 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $160,700 (+32.0%)	$263,700 → $361,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,111 (+25.3%)	$1,260 → $1,680 (+33.3%)

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

Wilmington Island

Population

15,83414,457

Median household income

$82,500$92,578

Median home value

$263,700$361,600

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
Under 5	3.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	14.4%
75 and over	5.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	39.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
No high school diploma	15.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
Drove alone	71.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	22.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
1-unit, detached	45.6%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Wilmington Island
Poverty rate	15.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1978	1983