Garden City vs Romulus

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

Garden City and Romulus 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 24,951 in Romulus). Romulus has the higher median household income ($72,235 vs $64,396 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $149,100 in Romulus).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Romulus
Population	26,910	24,951
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,396	$72,235
Median home value	$162,400	$149,100
Median gross rent	$991	$1,050
Housing units	11,395	9,909
Homeownership rate	79.2%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Romulus
Population	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)	23,527 → 24,951 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)	$51,504 → $72,235 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)	$97,300 → $149,100 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)	$933 → $1,050 (+12.5%)

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

Romulus

Population

23,52724,951

Median household income

$51,504$72,235

Median home value

$97,300$149,100

Median gross rent

$933$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Romulus
Under 5	7.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.2%
75 and over	6.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Romulus
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	45.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	43.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Romulus
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Romulus
Drove alone	81.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Romulus
1-unit, detached	88.6%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Romulus
Poverty rate	11.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1957	1972