Gardner vs Spring Hill

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

Gardner and Spring Hill 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 8,691 in Spring Hill). Spring Hill has the higher median household income ($108,007 vs $92,579 in Gardner). Spring Hill has the higher median home value ($323,300 vs $276,000 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Spring Hill
Population	24,020	8,691
Median age	31.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,579	$108,007
Median home value	$276,000	$323,300
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,096
Housing units	8,478	3,284
Homeownership rate	67.3%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Spring Hill
Population	21,528 → 24,020 (+11.6%)	6,626 → 8,691 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$78,180 → $92,579 (+18.4%)	$80,357 → $108,007 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $276,000 (+46.0%)	$202,700 → $323,300 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,296 (+21.6%)	$935 → $1,096 (+17.2%)

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

Spring Hill

Population

6,6268,691

Median household income

$80,357$108,007

Median home value

$202,700$323,300

Median gross rent

$935$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Spring Hill
Under 5	9.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	5.9%
75 and over	2.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Spring Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Spring Hill
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Spring Hill
Drove alone	77.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	13.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Spring Hill
1-unit, detached	65.8%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Spring Hill
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	2002	2004