Eagle vs Garden City

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

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

Eagle has the higher population (31,490 vs 12,483 in Garden City). Eagle has the higher median household income ($118,037 vs $66,859 in Garden City). Eagle has the higher median home value ($711,500 vs $411,400 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle	Garden City
Population	31,490	12,483
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,037	$66,859
Median home value	$711,500	$411,400
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,206
Housing units	12,646	5,724
Homeownership rate	85.4%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle	Garden City
Population	26,514 → 31,490 (+18.8%)	11,819 → 12,483 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$92,807 → $118,037 (+27.2%)	$49,318 → $66,859 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$426,000 → $711,500 (+67.0%)	$238,100 → $411,400 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,753 (+54.0%)	$907 → $1,206 (+33.0%)

Eagle

Population

26,51431,490

Median household income

$92,807$118,037

Median home value

$426,000$711,500

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,753

Garden City

Population

11,81912,483

Median household income

$49,318$66,859

Median home value

$238,100$411,400

Median gross rent

$907$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle	Garden City
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.9%
75 and over	8.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle	Garden City
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	13.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle	Garden City
Drove alone	62.0%	68.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	18.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle	Garden City
1-unit, detached	86.5%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	13.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Eagle	Garden City
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	2005	1994