Garden City vs Skyline

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

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

Skyline has the higher population (266 vs 228 in Garden City). Skyline has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $77,222 in Garden City). Skyline has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $154,500 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Skyline
Population	228	266
Median age	49.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,222	$96,250
Median home value	$154,500	$287,500
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	102	117
Homeownership rate	91.3%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Skyline
Population	317 → 228 (-28.1%)	277 → 266 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$48,611 → $77,222 (+58.9%)	$89,375 → $96,250 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $154,500 (+31.9%)	$218,100 → $287,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $850 (+23.5%)	—

Garden City

Population

317228

Median household income

$48,611$77,222

Median home value

$117,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$688$850

Skyline

Population

277266

Median household income

$89,375$96,250

Median home value

$218,100$287,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Skyline
Under 5	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	6.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	27.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.0%
75 and over	5.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Skyline
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Skyline
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Skyline
Drove alone	75.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	18.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Skyline
1-unit, detached	89.2%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
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	Skyline
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1960	1958