Gardner vs Prairie Village

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

Gardner and Prairie Village 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 22,937 in Prairie Village). Prairie Village has the higher median household income ($107,664 vs $92,579 in Gardner). Prairie Village has the higher median home value ($402,600 vs $276,000 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Prairie Village
Population	24,020	22,937
Median age	31.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$107,664
Median home value	$276,000	$402,600
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,655
Housing units	8,478	10,303
Homeownership rate	67.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Prairie Village
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	22,170 → 22,937 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$91,136 → $107,664 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$290,600 → $402,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$1,337 → $1,655 (+23.8%)

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

Prairie Village

Population

22,17022,937

Median household income

$91,136$107,664

Median home value

$290,600$402,600

Median gross rent

$1,337$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Prairie Village
Under 5	9.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.4%
75 and over	2.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Prairie Village
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Prairie Village
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Prairie Village
Drove alone	77.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.5%	22.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Prairie Village
1-unit, detached	65.8%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Prairie Village
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2002	1959