Garden City vs Lake Winnebago

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

Garden City and Lake Winnebago 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 1,401 in Lake Winnebago). Lake Winnebago has the higher median household income ($179,038 vs $63,625 in Garden City). Lake Winnebago has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $165,200 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
Population	1,539	1,401
Median age	36.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$179,038
Median home value	$165,200	$646,200
Median gross rent	$863	$2,571
Housing units	691	558
Homeownership rate	65.8%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
Population	1,345 → 1,539 (+14.4%)	1,113 → 1,401 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$52,333 → $63,625 (+21.6%)	$116,875 → $179,038 (+53.2%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $165,200 (+61.5%)	$413,000 → $646,200 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $863 (+19.0%)	—

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

Lake Winnebago

Population

1,1131,401

Median household income

$116,875$179,038

Median home value

$413,000$646,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
Under 5	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	25.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.8%
75 and over	9.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	53.1%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
Drove alone	83.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
1-unit, detached	79.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Lake Winnebago
Poverty rate	3.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1982	1988