Garden City vs Inkster

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (26,910 vs 25,602 in Inkster). Garden City has the higher median household income ($64,396 vs $39,632 in Inkster). Garden City has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $75,700 in Inkster).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Inkster
Population	26,910	25,602
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,396	$39,632
Median home value	$162,400	$75,700
Median gross rent	$991	$1,127
Housing units	11,395	11,497
Homeownership rate	79.2%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Inkster
Population	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)	24,520 → 25,602 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)	$32,014 → $39,632 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)	$48,700 → $75,700 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)	$887 → $1,127 (+27.1%)

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

Inkster

Population

24,52025,602

Median household income

$32,014$39,632

Median home value

$48,700$75,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Inkster
Under 5	7.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.9%
75 and over	6.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Inkster
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	16.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	72.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Inkster
No high school diploma	9.3%	17.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Inkster
Drove alone	81.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	3.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.8%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Inkster
1-unit, detached	88.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Inkster
Poverty rate	11.3%	36.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1957	1957