Escanaba vs Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Escanaba and Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

Escanaba and Garden are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Escanaba has the higher population (12,374 vs 163 in Garden). Escanaba has the higher median household income ($40,169 vs $35,250 in Garden). Escanaba has the higher median home value ($116,600 vs $80,000 in Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Escanaba	Garden
Population	12,374	163
Median age	43.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,169	$35,250
Median home value	$116,600	$80,000
Median gross rent	$661	$775
Housing units	6,556	118
Homeownership rate	58.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escanaba	Garden
Population	12,251 → 12,374 (+1.0%)	171 → 163 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$35,813 → $40,169 (+12.2%)	$33,750 → $35,250 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $116,600 (+35.4%)	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $661 (+17.4%)	$875 → $775 (-11.4%)

Escanaba

Population

12,25112,374

Median household income

$35,813$40,169

Median home value

$86,100$116,600

Median gross rent

$563$661

Garden

Population

171163

Median household income

$33,750$35,250

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$875$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escanaba	Garden
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.4%
75 and over	9.9%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escanaba	Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	74.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	2.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escanaba	Garden
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escanaba	Garden
Drove alone	74.7%	90.5%
Carpooled	13.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escanaba	Garden
1-unit, detached	61.6%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Escanaba	Garden
Poverty rate	21.1%	21.5%
Average household size	2.07	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	11	66
Median year structure built	1951	1952