Garden Plain vs Mount Hope

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

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

Garden Plain has the higher population (1,055 vs 754 in Mount Hope). Garden Plain has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $76,667 in Mount Hope). Garden Plain has the higher median home value ($221,800 vs $136,900 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
Population	1,055	754
Median age	27.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,000	$76,667
Median home value	$221,800	$136,900
Median gross rent	$957	$900
Housing units	350	375
Homeownership rate	75.6%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
Population	807 → 1,055 (+30.7%)	749 → 754 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$74,250 → $90,000 (+21.2%)	$48,125 → $76,667 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $221,800 (+43.8%)	$108,200 → $136,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $957 (+32.0%)	$753 → $900 (+19.5%)

Garden Plain

Population

8071,055

Median household income

$74,250$90,000

Median home value

$154,200$221,800

Median gross rent

$725$957

Mount Hope

Population

749754

Median household income

$48,125$76,667

Median home value

$108,200$136,900

Median gross rent

$753$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
Under 5	10.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	27.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	20.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	14.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	3.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
Drove alone	89.2%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	97.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden Plain	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	13.1%	1.5%
Average household size	3.06	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1977	1957