Garden City vs Harrisonville

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

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

Harrisonville has the higher population (10,002 vs 1,539 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($63,625 vs $60,727 in Harrisonville). Harrisonville has the higher median home value ($190,300 vs $165,200 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Harrisonville
Population	1,539	10,002
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$60,727
Median home value	$165,200	$190,300
Median gross rent	$863	$853
Housing units	691	4,363
Homeownership rate	65.8%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Harrisonville
Population	1,345 → 1,539 (+14.4%)	10,043 → 10,002 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,333 → $63,625 (+21.6%)	$47,404 → $60,727 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $165,200 (+61.5%)	$137,000 → $190,300 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $863 (+19.0%)	$845 → $853 (+0.9%)

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

Harrisonville

Population

10,04310,002

Median household income

$47,404$60,727

Median home value

$137,000$190,300

Median gross rent

$845$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Harrisonville
Under 5	4.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	25.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.7%
75 and over	9.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Harrisonville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Harrisonville
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	53.1%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Harrisonville
Drove alone	83.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Harrisonville
1-unit, detached	79.9%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Harrisonville
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1982	1977