Garden City vs Whitten

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

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

Whitten has the higher population (125 vs 67 in Garden City). Whitten has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $36,667 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($61,100 vs $49,000 in Whitten).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Whitten
Population	67	125
Median age	72.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,667	$68,750
Median home value	$61,100	$49,000
Housing units	46	101
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Whitten
Population	183 → 67 (-63.4%)	190 → 125 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$67,625 → $36,667 (-45.8%)	$40,250 → $68,750 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$54,600 → $61,100 (+11.9%)	$44,100 → $49,000 (+11.1%)

Garden City

Population

18367

Median household income

$67,625$36,667

Median home value

$54,600$61,100

Whitten

Population

190125

Median household income

$40,250$68,750

Median home value

$44,100$49,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Whitten
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	24.0%
65 to 74	82.1%	7.2%
75 and over	17.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Whitten
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Whitten
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	61.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Whitten
Drove alone	100.0%	90.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Whitten
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Whitten
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.8%
Average household size	1.46	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	9	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938