Garden City is a city of 11,591 people in South Carolina. At a median age of 62.2, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 85% of homes are owner-occupied. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. That trails the South Carolina median by roughly 32%. The foreign-born share is 2%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,249, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 62.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 47%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Garden City
What changed most since 1990
White share98.2% → 94.5%(−3.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate7.5% → 17.7%(+10.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population6,305 → 11,591(+84%)US over the same years: +35%
Garden City's population equals 3.0% of Horry County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 4.8% 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)13.4%(149)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.1%(213)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era58.9%(656)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6%(67)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,113 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
6,305
$64,269
$232,567
14.6%
4.3
2000
9,357
$63,698
$147,918
19.6%
9.1
2010
9,209
$51,614
$188,597
20.7%
15.9
2020
10,235
$54,921
$177,321
21.0%
20.2
2024
11,591
$47,249
$217,400
22.2%
13.2
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.
