Garden City vs Good Thunder

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

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

Good Thunder has the higher population (423 vs 228 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($77,222 vs $71,818 in Good Thunder). Good Thunder has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $154,500 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Good Thunder
Population	228	423
Median age	49.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,222	$71,818
Median home value	$154,500	$169,900
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	102	253
Homeownership rate	91.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Good Thunder
Population	317 → 228 (-28.1%)	564 → 423 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$48,611 → $77,222 (+58.9%)	$56,964 → $71,818 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $154,500 (+31.9%)	$117,200 → $169,900 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $850 (+23.5%)	$566 → $592 (+4.6%)

Garden City

Population

317228

Median household income

$48,611$77,222

Median home value

$117,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$688$850

Good Thunder

Population

564423

Median household income

$56,964$71,818

Median home value

$117,200$169,900

Median gross rent

$566$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Good Thunder
Under 5	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	6.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	27.6%	24.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.9%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Good Thunder
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Good Thunder
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	34.8%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Good Thunder
Drove alone	75.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.5%
Other means	2.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Good Thunder
1-unit, detached	89.2%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Good Thunder
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.45	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1960	1950