Garden City vs Hamtramck

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

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

Hamtramck has the higher population (27,830 vs 26,910 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($64,396 vs $40,103 in Hamtramck). Garden City has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $116,400 in Hamtramck).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Hamtramck
Population	26,910	27,830
Median age	40.8 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,396	$40,103
Median home value	$162,400	$116,400
Median gross rent	$991	$907
Housing units	11,395	8,639
Homeownership rate	79.2%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Hamtramck
Population	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)	21,822 → 27,830 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)	$27,166 → $40,103 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)	$69,700 → $116,400 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)	$729 → $907 (+24.4%)

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

Hamtramck

Population

21,82227,830

Median household income

$27,166$40,103

Median home value

$69,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$729$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Hamtramck
Under 5	7.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.4%
75 and over	6.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Hamtramck
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	56.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	25.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Hamtramck
No high school diploma	9.3%	33.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Hamtramck
Drove alone	81.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	19.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Hamtramck
1-unit, detached	88.6%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Hamtramck
Poverty rate	11.3%	38.2%
Average household size	2.44	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1957	1938