Garden City, Kansas demographics

Garden City, KS demographics: median age 31.6; 17.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Garden City city, Kansas · Incorporated city · GEOID 2025325. The survey estimates a population of 27,819 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Garden City is 31.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.9 years. There are 9,941 households (±295). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	31.6 ±0.9	37.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 27,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Under 18	7,844 ±555	28.2% ±2.0 pp	23.8%	22.0%
18–34	7,349 ±427	26.4% ±1.5 pp	23.1%	22.8%
35–64	9,192 ±549	33.0% ±2.0 pp	36.2%	38.0%
65 and older	3,434 ±359	12.3% ±1.3 pp	17.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 27,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Male	14,263 ±248	51.3% ±0.9 pp	50.2%	49.5%
Female	13,556 ±250	48.7% ±0.9 pp	49.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 27,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
White alone	13,113 ±859	47.1% ±3.1 pp	76.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,721 ±151	6.2% ±0.5 pp	5.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	113 ±94 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,356 ±144	4.9% ±0.5 pp	2.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	61 ±64 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,820 ±975	17.3% ±3.5 pp	4.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	6,635 ±852	23.9% ±3.1 pp	10.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 27,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,313 ±482	44.3% ±1.7 pp	86.4%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15,506 ±482	55.7% ±1.7 pp	13.6%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,941
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,435 ±415	44.6% ±4.0 pp	49.1%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	939 ±273	9.4% ±2.7 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,271 ±267	12.8% ±2.7 pp	9.8%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,738 ±366	27.5% ±3.6 pp	30.0%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	558 ±161	5.6% ±1.6 pp	6.5%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,941
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,616 ±320	36.4% ±3.0 pp	30.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,325 ±408	63.6% ±3.6 pp	69.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,941
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,738 ±366	27.5% ±3.6 pp	30.0%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,753 ±344	27.7% ±3.4 pp	35.2%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,657 ±308	16.7% ±3.1 pp	13.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,167 ±277	11.7% ±2.8 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	734 ±171	7.4% ±1.7 pp	5.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	449 ±169	4.5% ±1.7 pp	2.4%	2.2%
Seven or more people	443 ±183	4.5% ±1.8 pp	1.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 27,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Native	20,054 ±635	72.1% ±2.3 pp	92.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	7,765 ±626	27.9% ±2.2 pp	7.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 25,546
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
English only	12,694 ±762	49.7% ±2.9 pp	87.9%	77.7%
Spanish	10,399 ±657	40.7% ±2.5 pp	8.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	327 ±228 · low precision	1.3% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	55 ±46 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	178 ±91 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	488 ±170	1.9% ±0.7 pp	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	32 ±34 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	403 ±196	1.6% ±0.8 pp	0.8%	1.1%
Arabic	82 ±66 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	888 ±378	3.5% ±1.5 pp	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 16,870
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	5,245 ±679	31.1% ±4.0 pp	8.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,033 ±443	23.9% ±2.6 pp	25.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,911 ±390	17.3% ±2.3 pp	21.8%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,731 ±233	10.3% ±1.4 pp	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,014 ±391	11.9% ±2.3 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	936 ±189	5.5% ±1.1 pp	13.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 27,492
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kansas	U.S.
Same house	22,992 ±909	83.6% ±3.3 pp	85.7%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,652 ±820	9.6% ±3.0 pp	7.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	771 ±275	2.8% ±1.0 pp	3.2%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	708 ±303	2.6% ±1.1 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	369 ±312 · low precision	1.3% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

13.9% of Garden City residents (±2.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 8.8% in Kansas and 8.4% nationally. 91.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Garden City	Kansas	U.S.	Compared with Kansas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	13.9% ±2.5 pp	8.8%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.6% ±2.8 pp	90.7%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.7% ±0.9 pp	6.8%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Garden City . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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