Garden City vs Vernon Center

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

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

Vernon Center has the higher population (326 vs 228 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($77,222 vs $68,750 in Vernon Center). Garden City has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $130,400 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Vernon Center
Population	228	326
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,222	$68,750
Median home value	$154,500	$130,400
Median gross rent	$850	$967
Housing units	102	143
Homeownership rate	91.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Vernon Center
Population	317 → 228 (-28.1%)	366 → 326 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$48,611 → $77,222 (+58.9%)	$64,375 → $68,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $154,500 (+31.9%)	$109,600 → $130,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $850 (+23.5%)	$910 → $967 (+6.3%)

Garden City

Population

317228

Median household income

$48,611$77,222

Median home value

$117,100$154,500

Median gross rent

$688$850

Vernon Center

Population

366326

Median household income

$64,375$68,750

Median home value

$109,600$130,400

Median gross rent

$910$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Vernon Center
Under 5	3.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	6.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	27.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.0%
75 and over	5.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	4.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Vernon Center
Drove alone	75.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	89.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1960	1938