Garden City vs Kuna

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

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

Kuna has the higher population (25,960 vs 12,483 in Garden City). Kuna has the higher median household income ($93,545 vs $66,859 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($411,400 vs $403,700 in Kuna).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Kuna
Population	12,483	25,960
Median age	44.0 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,859	$93,545
Median home value	$411,400	$403,700
Median gross rent	$1,206	$1,647
Housing units	5,724	8,716
Homeownership rate	65.7%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Kuna
Population	11,819 → 12,483 (+5.6%)	19,580 → 25,960 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$49,318 → $66,859 (+35.6%)	$68,017 → $93,545 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$238,100 → $411,400 (+72.8%)	$207,700 → $403,700 (+94.4%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,206 (+33.0%)	$1,286 → $1,647 (+28.1%)

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

Kuna

Population

19,58025,960

Median household income

$68,017$93,545

Median home value

$207,700$403,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Kuna
Under 5	4.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	6.6%
75 and over	11.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Kuna
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Kuna
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	22.7%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Kuna
Drove alone	68.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.4%	9.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Kuna
1-unit, detached	51.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Kuna
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.24	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1994	2007