Garden City vs Wyandotte

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

Garden City and Wyandotte 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 24,593 in Wyandotte). Wyandotte has the higher median household income ($67,846 vs $64,396 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $159,700 in Wyandotte).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Wyandotte
Population	26,910	24,593
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,396	$67,846
Median home value	$162,400	$159,700
Median gross rent	$991	$995
Housing units	11,395	11,441
Homeownership rate	79.2%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Wyandotte
Population	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)	25,044 → 24,593 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)	$54,462 → $67,846 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)	$109,300 → $159,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)	$763 → $995 (+30.4%)

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

Wyandotte

Population

25,04424,593

Median household income

$54,462$67,846

Median home value

$109,300$159,700

Median gross rent

$763$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Wyandotte
Under 5	7.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.8%
75 and over	6.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Wyandotte
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	84.0%
Black or African American	6.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Wyandotte
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Wyandotte
Drove alone	81.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Wyandotte
1-unit, detached	88.6%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Wyandotte
Poverty rate	11.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1950