Garden City, Michigan demographics

Garden City, MI demographics: median age 40.9; 15.1% 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, Michigan · Incorporated city · GEOID 2631420. The survey estimates a population of 26,739 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 40.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.8 years. There are 11,004 households (±340). 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	40.9 ±1.8	40.2 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,739
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Under 18	5,391 ±517	20.2% ±1.9 pp	21.2%	22.0%
18–34	6,021 ±473	22.5% ±1.8 pp	22.4%	22.8%
35–64	10,778 ±764	40.3% ±2.9 pp	37.8%	38.0%
65 and older	4,549 ±422	17.0% ±1.6 pp	18.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,739
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Male	13,114 ±397	49.0% ±1.5 pp	49.6%	49.5%
Female	13,625 ±401	51.0% ±1.5 pp	50.4%	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: 26,739
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
White alone	21,827 ±731	81.6% ±2.7 pp	73.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,801 ±517	6.7% ±1.9 pp	13.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	73 ±64 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	349 ±177 · low precision	1.3% ±0.7 pp · low precision	3.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	19 ±40 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	194 ±115 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	2,476 ±575	9.3% ±2.2 pp	7.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,739
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,028 ±545	93.6% ±2.0 pp	94.1%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,711 ±543	6.4% ±2.0 pp	5.9%	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: 11,004
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,041 ±392	45.8% ±3.3 pp	46.1%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	750 ±173	6.8% ±1.6 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,433 ±301	13.0% ±2.7 pp	11.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,092 ±352	28.1% ±3.1 pp	30.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	688 ±155	6.3% ±1.4 pp	6.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,004
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,158 ±292	28.7% ±2.5 pp	27.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	7,846 ±453	71.3% ±3.5 pp	72.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 11,004
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,092 ±352	28.1% ±3.1 pp	30.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,639 ±447	33.1% ±3.9 pp	35.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,127 ±341	19.3% ±3.0 pp	14.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,357 ±286	12.3% ±2.6 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	618 ±160	5.6% ±1.4 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	126 ±60	1.1% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	45 ±42 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.1%	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: 26,739
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Native	25,685 ±263	96.1% ±1.0 pp	92.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,054 ±257	3.9% ±1.0 pp	7.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 25,065
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
English only	23,404 ±417	93.4% ±1.2 pp	89.6%	77.7%
Spanish	453 ±191	1.8% ±0.8 pp	3.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	11 ±15 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	26 ±42 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	80 ±56 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	346 ±193 · low precision	1.4% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	24 ±37 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	41 ±61 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	6 ±11 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	29 ±26 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.8%	1.1%
Arabic	604 ±237	2.4% ±0.9 pp	1.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	41 ±38 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	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: 19,378
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,636 ±265	8.4% ±1.4 pp	7.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,088 ±534	36.6% ±2.6 pp	28.0%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,433 ±548	28.0% ±2.8 pp	21.9%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,300 ±316	11.9% ±1.6 pp	9.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,002 ±284	10.3% ±1.4 pp	19.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	919 ±203	4.7% ±1.0 pp	12.7%	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: 26,417
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Michigan	U.S.
Same house	24,003 ±443	90.9% ±1.6 pp	88.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,781 ±381	6.7% ±1.4 pp	5.9%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	375 ±134	1.4% ±0.5 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	179 ±226 · low precision	0.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	79 ±78 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	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

5.0% of Garden City residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.9% in Michigan and 8.4% nationally. 92.7% 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	Michigan	U.S.	Compared with Michigan
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	5.0% ±1.0 pp	4.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.7% ±1.7 pp	90.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.5% ±1.1 pp	5.8%	6.2%	Not statistically different

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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