Allen Park vs Garden City

A side-by-side comparison of Allen Park and Garden City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allen Park has the higher population (28,128 vs 26,910 in Garden City). Allen Park has the higher median household income ($80,045 vs $64,396 in Garden City). Allen Park has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $162,400 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Allen Park	Garden City
Population	28,128	26,910
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,045	$64,396
Median home value	$174,500	$162,400
Median gross rent	$1,181	$991
Housing units	12,413	11,395
Homeownership rate	86.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen Park	Garden City
Population	27,216 → 28,128 (+3.4%)	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$67,130 → $80,045 (+19.2%)	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $174,500 (+41.0%)	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,181 (+20.5%)	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)

Allen Park

Population

27,21628,128

Median household income

$67,130$80,045

Median home value

$123,800$174,500

Median gross rent

$980$1,181

Garden City

Population

26,68326,910

Median household income

$56,521$64,396

Median home value

$111,000$162,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen Park	Garden City
Under 5	4.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.9%
75 and over	7.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen Park	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	82.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen Park	Garden City
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen Park	Garden City
Drove alone	81.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen Park	Garden City
1-unit, detached	91.4%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Allen Park	Garden City
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1955	1957