Archie vs Garden City

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (1,539 vs 1,340 in Archie). Archie has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $63,625 in Garden City). Archie has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $165,200 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Archie	Garden City
Population	1,340	1,539
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$63,625
Median home value	$166,500	$165,200
Median gross rent	$1,033	$863
Housing units	530	691
Homeownership rate	74.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archie	Garden City
Population	1,199 → 1,340 (+11.8%)	1,345 → 1,539 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $68,125 (+24.7%)	$52,333 → $63,625 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $166,500 (+31.9%)	$102,300 → $165,200 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,033 (+23.6%)	$725 → $863 (+19.0%)

Archie

Population

1,1991,340

Median household income

$54,615$68,125

Median home value

$126,200$166,500

Median gross rent

$836$1,033

Garden City

Population

1,3451,539

Median household income

$52,333$63,625

Median home value

$102,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$725$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archie	Garden City
Under 5	7.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	26.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.4%
75 and over	5.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archie	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archie	Garden City
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.9%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archie	Garden City
Drove alone	89.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archie	Garden City
1-unit, detached	84.9%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Archie	Garden City
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1978	1982