Garden City vs New Providence

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

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

New Providence has the higher population (196 vs 67 in Garden City). New Providence has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $36,667 in Garden City). New Providence has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $61,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	New Providence
Population	67	196
Median age	72.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,667	$83,250
Median home value	$61,100	$80,000
Median gross rent	—	$589
Housing units	46	79
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	New Providence
Population	183 → 67 (-63.4%)	267 → 196 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$67,625 → $36,667 (-45.8%)	$64,167 → $83,250 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$54,600 → $61,100 (+11.9%)	$49,100 → $80,000 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$555 → $589 (+6.1%)

Garden City

Population

18367

Median household income

$67,625$36,667

Median home value

$54,600$61,100

New Providence

Population

267196

Median household income

$64,167$83,250

Median home value

$49,100$80,000

Median gross rent

$555$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	New Providence
Under 5	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	26.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	82.1%	12.2%
75 and over	17.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	New Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	New Providence
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	61.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	New Providence
Drove alone	100.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	New Providence
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	New Providence
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.2%
Average household size	1.46	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	9	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938