Amboy vs Garden City

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

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

Amboy has the higher population (553 vs 228 in Garden City). Amboy has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $77,222 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Garden City
Population	553	228
Median age	45.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$77,222
Median home value	$125,300	$154,500
Median gross rent	$760	$850
Housing units	259	102
Homeownership rate	84.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Garden City
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	317 → 228 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$48,611 → $77,222 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$117,100 → $154,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$688 → $850 (+23.5%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Garden City

Population

317228

Median household income

$48,611$77,222

Median home value

$117,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$688$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Garden City
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	6.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	27.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.9%
75 and over	13.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Garden City
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Garden City
Drove alone	89.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	1.5%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Garden City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Garden City
Poverty rate	11.9%	10.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1960