Garden City vs Hidden Springs

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (12,483 vs 3,490 in Hidden Springs). Hidden Springs has the higher median household income ($159,439 vs $66,859 in Garden City). Hidden Springs has the higher median home value ($683,800 vs $411,400 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
Population	12,483	3,490
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,859	$159,439
Median home value	$411,400	$683,800
Median gross rent	$1,206	$2,276
Housing units	5,724	1,165
Homeownership rate	65.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
Population	11,819 → 12,483 (+5.6%)	3,164 → 3,490 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$49,318 → $66,859 (+35.6%)	$131,094 → $159,439 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$238,100 → $411,400 (+72.8%)	$427,400 → $683,800 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,206 (+33.0%)	$2,036 → $2,276 (+11.8%)

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

Hidden Springs

Population

3,1643,490

Median household income

$131,094$159,439

Median home value

$427,400$683,800

Median gross rent

$2,036$2,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
Under 5	4.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	27.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	4.3%
75 and over	11.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
Drove alone	68.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	29.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
1-unit, detached	51.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Hidden Springs
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1994	2008