Garden City is home to 12,654 people in Idaho. There are 3,101 people per square mile. At a median age of 42.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 6% of residents were born outside the United States. Growth has run 19% since 2000, or 2,030 more people. Getting to work takes 20 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,124, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.3
US median: 38.9
Average education
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 105%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Garden City
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$166,325 → $449,500(+170%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree10.4% → 39.2%(+28.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Population6,369 → 12,654(+99%)US over the same years: +35%
Garden City's population equals 2.4% of Ada County's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 3.9% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)14%(106)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.6%(96)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.3%(389)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.7%(36)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(14)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 759 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Garden City, decade by decade
Garden City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,369
$49,273
$166,325
10.4%
16.6
2000
10,624
$70,170
$218,781
24.2%
32.0
2010
10,972
$59,563
$262,395
29.4%
40.1
2020
12,316
$60,826
$291,132
32.8%
46.4
2024
12,654
$70,124
$449,500
39.2%
40.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
