Forestbrook vs Garden City

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (10,820 vs 7,450 in Forestbrook). Forestbrook has the higher median household income ($77,791 vs $50,027 in Garden City). Forestbrook has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $194,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Forestbrook	Garden City
Population	7,450	10,820
Median age	50.7 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,791	$50,027
Median home value	$298,800	$194,100
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,382
Housing units	3,213	10,229
Homeownership rate	88.8%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestbrook	Garden City
Population	6,591 → 7,450 (+13.0%)	10,669 → 10,820 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$55,945 → $77,791 (+39.0%)	$44,862 → $50,027 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $298,800 (+53.5%)	$145,800 → $194,100 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,087 (+12.6%)	$1,062 → $1,382 (+30.1%)

Forestbrook

Population

6,5917,450

Median household income

$55,945$77,791

Median home value

$194,700$298,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,087

Garden City

Population

10,66910,820

Median household income

$44,862$50,027

Median home value

$145,800$194,100

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestbrook	Garden City
Under 5	2.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	6.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	23.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	23.8%
75 and over	10.7%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestbrook	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestbrook	Garden City
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestbrook	Garden City
Drove alone	83.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.3%
Other means	3.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestbrook	Garden City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Forestbrook	Garden City
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.56	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	2003	1990