Garden Plain vs McConnell AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Garden Plain and McConnell AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Garden Plain and McConnell AFB are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McConnell AFB has the higher population (1,952 vs 1,055 in Garden Plain). Garden Plain has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $64,632 in McConnell AFB). Since 2019, Garden Plain's population has grown faster (+30.7% vs +27.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
Population	1,055	1,952
Median age	27.4 yrs	22.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,000	$64,632
Median home value	$221,800	—
Median gross rent	$957	$1,392
Housing units	350	506
Homeownership rate	75.6%	5.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
Population	807 → 1,055 (+30.7%)	1,532 → 1,952 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$74,250 → $90,000 (+21.2%)	$63,780 → $64,632 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $221,800 (+43.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$725 → $957 (+32.0%)	$1,220 → $1,392 (+14.1%)

Garden Plain

Population

8071,055

Median household income

$74,250$90,000

Median home value

$154,200$221,800

Median gross rent

$725$957

McConnell AFB

Population

1,5321,952

Median household income

$63,780$64,632

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
Under 5	10.6%	12.5%
5 to 17	27.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	27.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	29.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	0.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	0.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	0.0%
75 and over	4.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	63.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
Drove alone	89.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
1-unit, detached	97.1%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	42.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Plain	McConnell AFB
Poverty rate	13.1%	7.6%
Average household size	3.06	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	8
Median year structure built	1977	2005