Cities / Kansas / Garden City

Garden City, KS

27,933 people

Right Now

Air Quality (PM2.5, Cedar Bluff)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 81.6 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Nearest Major Airport

COS

215 mi — City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

Population & People

Population

27,933

Median age

31.6

Median household income

$72,865

Poverty rate

11.0%

Unemployment rate

2.7%

Bachelor's degree+

17.5%

Avg. commute

14 min

Hispanic or Latino

55.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$192,000

Median gross rent

$1,052/mo

Homeownership rate

60.21%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$947

HUD Fair Market Rent (Kansas statewide average across 105 areas — not specific to Garden City), 2026. Efficiency $702, 1BR $753, 2BR $947, 3BR $1223, 4BR $1397. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

Kansas commercial electricity

11.35¢/kWh

Kansas industrial electricity

8.03¢/kWh

Kansas residential electricity

14.56¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

241378.4

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

185144

All-Transactions House Price Index for Kansas

486.18

Unemployment Rate

3.8%

Source: FRED, Kansas-specific series.

Nearby Airports

COS

City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

215 mi away

DEN

Denver International Airport

242 mi away

OKC

OKC Will Rogers World Airport

254 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (Kansas energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Kansas economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).