Clark vs Garden City

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

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

Clark has the higher population (1,181 vs 87 in Garden City). Clark has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $46,700 in Garden City). Since 2019, Garden City's population has grown faster (+2.4% vs -13.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Clark	Garden City
Population	1,181	87
Median age	55.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,464	—
Median home value	$125,700	$46,700
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	574	38
Homeownership rate	79.2%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark	Garden City
Population	1,370 → 1,181 (-13.8%)	85 → 87 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$36,979 → $49,464 (+33.8%)	$48,250 → $77,500 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $125,700 (+57.5%)	$26,300 → $46,700 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $738 (+39.2%)	—

Clark

Population

1,3701,181

Median household income

$36,979$49,464

Median home value

$79,800$125,700

Median gross rent

$530$738

Garden City

Population

8587

Median household income

$48,250$77,500

Median home value

$26,300$46,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark	Garden City
Under 5	2.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	25.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	23.0%
75 and over	18.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark	Garden City
No high school diploma	8.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	48.2%	61.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark	Garden City
Drove alone	76.9%	90.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark	Garden City
1-unit, detached	78.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Clark	Garden City
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	17	41
Median year structure built	1967	1938