Drexel vs Garden City

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

Drexel 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 1,039 in Drexel). Garden City has the higher median household income ($63,625 vs $51,910 in Drexel). Garden City has the higher median home value ($165,200 vs $128,600 in Drexel).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel	Garden City
Population	1,039	1,539
Median age	32.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,910	$63,625
Median home value	$128,600	$165,200
Median gross rent	$834	$863
Housing units	449	691
Homeownership rate	68.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel	Garden City
Population	942 → 1,039 (+10.3%)	1,345 → 1,539 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $51,910 (+10.0%)	$52,333 → $63,625 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $128,600 (+38.0%)	$102,300 → $165,200 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $834 (+25.8%)	$725 → $863 (+19.0%)

Drexel

Population

9421,039

Median household income

$47,188$51,910

Median home value

$93,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$663$834

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)

	Drexel	Garden City
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.4%
75 and over	9.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel	Garden City
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	52.5%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel	Garden City
Drove alone	74.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	15.9%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel	Garden City
1-unit, detached	81.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Drexel	Garden City
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1966	1982