Garden City vs Pemberton

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

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

Pemberton has the higher population (236 vs 228 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($77,222 vs $54,750 in Pemberton). Pemberton has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $154,500 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Pemberton
Population	228	236
Median age	49.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,222	$54,750
Median home value	$154,500	$155,000
Median gross rent	$850	$1,725
Housing units	102	99
Homeownership rate	91.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Pemberton
Population	317 → 228 (-28.1%)	240 → 236 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$48,611 → $77,222 (+58.9%)	$59,464 → $54,750 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $154,500 (+31.9%)	$121,200 → $155,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $850 (+23.5%)	$892 → $1,725 (+93.4%)

Garden City

Population

317228

Median household income

$48,611$77,222

Median home value

$117,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$688$850

Pemberton

Population

240236

Median household income

$59,464$54,750

Median home value

$121,200$155,000

Median gross rent

$892$1,725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Pemberton
Under 5	3.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	6.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	22.5%
35 to 44	17.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	27.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.1%
75 and over	5.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Pemberton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	86.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Pemberton
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Pemberton
Drove alone	75.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	1.5%
Other means	2.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Pemberton
1-unit, detached	89.2%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Pemberton
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1960	1971