Belton vs Garden City

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

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

Belton has the higher population (24,618 vs 1,539 in Garden City). Belton has the higher median household income ($70,525 vs $63,625 in Garden City). Belton has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $165,200 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Garden City
Population	24,618	1,539
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,525	$63,625
Median home value	$185,400	$165,200
Median gross rent	$1,235	$863
Housing units	10,665	691
Homeownership rate	61.2%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Garden City
Population	23,425 → 24,618 (+5.1%)	1,345 → 1,539 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$62,754 → $70,525 (+12.4%)	$52,333 → $63,625 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $185,400 (+36.5%)	$102,300 → $165,200 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,235 (+15.7%)	$725 → $863 (+19.0%)

Belton

Population

23,42524,618

Median household income

$62,754$70,525

Median home value

$135,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,235

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)

	Belton	Garden City
Under 5	6.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.4%
75 and over	5.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Garden City
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Garden City
Drove alone	79.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Garden City
1-unit, detached	62.2%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Garden City
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1986	1982