Garden City vs Laketown

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (545 vs 420 in Laketown). Laketown has the higher median household income ($79,643 vs $62,750 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($554,500 vs $318,800 in Laketown).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Laketown
Population	545	420
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$79,643
Median home value	$554,500	$318,800
Median gross rent	$813	—
Housing units	1,180	195
Homeownership rate	80.2%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Laketown
Population	442 → 545 (+23.3%)	270 → 420 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$53,571 → $62,750 (+17.1%)	$74,500 → $79,643 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $554,500 (+115.8%)	$280,000 → $318,800 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $813 (-1.0%)	—

Garden City

Population

442545

Median household income

$53,571$62,750

Median home value

$256,900$554,500

Median gross rent

$821$813

Laketown

Population

270420

Median household income

$74,500$79,643

Median home value

$280,000$318,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Laketown
Under 5	8.8%	10.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	21.1%	10.5%
75 and over	11.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Laketown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Laketown
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	16.8%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Laketown
Drove alone	70.1%	64.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	16.3%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Laketown
1-unit, detached	76.2%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Laketown
Poverty rate	8.8%	1.2%
Average household size	3.01	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1998	1985