Gardner vs Mission

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Mission: population, income, housing, and more.

Gardner and Mission are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gardner has the higher population (24,020 vs 9,928 in Mission). Gardner has the higher median household income ($92,579 vs $74,396 in Mission). Gardner has the higher median home value ($276,000 vs $268,500 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Mission
Population	24,020	9,928
Median age	31.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$74,396
Median home value	$276,000	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,181
Housing units	8,478	5,600
Homeownership rate	67.3%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Mission
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)

Gardner

Population

21,52824,020

Median household income

$78,180$92,579

Median home value

$189,100$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,296

Mission

Population

9,5239,928

Median household income

$61,144$74,396

Median home value

$179,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$984$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Mission
Under 5	9.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	5.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	25.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.4%
75 and over	2.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Mission
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	27.8%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Mission
Drove alone	77.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Mission
1-unit, detached	65.8%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	25.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Mission
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.91	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	2002	1973