Gardner vs Shawnee

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

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

Shawnee has the higher population (68,175 vs 24,020 in Gardner). Shawnee has the higher median household income ($106,312 vs $92,579 in Gardner). Shawnee has the higher median home value ($332,900 vs $276,000 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Shawnee
Population	24,020	68,175
Median age	31.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$106,312
Median home value	$276,000	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,233
Housing units	8,478	26,811
Homeownership rate	67.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Shawnee
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	65,540 → 68,175 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$87,120 → $106,312 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$237,500 → $332,900 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$1,008 → $1,233 (+22.3%)

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

Shawnee

Population

65,54068,175

Median household income

$87,120$106,312

Median home value

$237,500$332,900

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Shawnee
Under 5	9.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.0%
75 and over	2.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	78.0%
Black or African American	7.1%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Shawnee
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Shawnee
Drove alone	77.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	18.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	65.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	12.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Shawnee
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2002	1988