City safety & data profile
Garden CityID
Garden City, ID is a 12K-resident city in Ada County with a median household income of $70,124.
Ada County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Garden City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Garden City has a population larger than 10% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $449,500, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 12K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 11%
- By size
- $70,124
- Median income (place)
- $449,500
- Median home (place)
- 12%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Garden City
Garden City posts a median household income higher than 37% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Garden City area.
- Bottom 38%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Garden City
Composite score · Garden City, ID
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Garden City in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Garden City income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$70,124 Bottom 37% higher than 37% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: ID
Population among 21 ID places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
90,739 residents
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
89,839 residents
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
59,184 residents
- Pocatello
Pocatello, ID
54,441 residents
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
51,686 residents
- Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, ID
49,122 residents
- Twin Falls
Twin Falls, ID
47,468 residents
- Lewiston 32,544
Lewiston, ID
32,544 residents
- Post Falls 30,453
Post Falls, ID
30,453 residents
- Rexburg 27,663
Rexburg, ID
27,663 residents
What this shows By headcount, Meridian ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Eagle.
Top earners by city in ID
Median household income among the same 21-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Eagle
Eagle, ID
$122,894 median
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
$100,795 median
- Kuna
Kuna, ID
$96,219 median
- Ammon
Ammon, ID
$86,121 median
- Chubbuck
Chubbuck, ID
$82,977 median
- Hayden
Hayden, ID
$82,958 median
- Post Falls
Post Falls, ID
$82,183 median
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
$74,279 median
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
$73,110 median
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
$73,058 median
What this shows Income honors go to Eagle here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Meridian.
The quick read
Reading Garden City, ID beyond the headline numbers
Garden City sits inside Ada County, Idaho, at roughly 43.62°N, -116.24°W. Population 11,550, $70,124 median household income. Median home value $449,500, median rent $1,323. Poverty rate 12%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Garden City (nearest 2.5 mi away), 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 53.2°F annual average, 11.5" precipitation.
The median home in Garden City costs around 6.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30.1% in Garden City, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
At 42.3 years, Garden City's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Garden City's labor market runs tight: 3.3% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
17.7% of Garden City workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0% of Garden City workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
39.2% of Garden City adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Garden City, ID runs $1,323/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Poverty in Garden City, ID stands at 12%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Garden City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Ada County): Garden City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
Garden City's median household income of $70,124 runs 22% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,323/mo, 14% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 12% -3% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 39.2% |
| Work From Home | 17.7% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
By the Numbers
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Hospital Options 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.6% below national average
Metro area: Boise City, ID (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelAda County has recorded 55 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $307K in payouts since 2016.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Garden City?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Garden City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ID-GARDEN-CITY-ID · Garden City
Garden City: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Garden City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology
Related reading
What People Ask 9
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Garden City, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (12% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($70,124 here).
Compare Garden City with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Turning this into a research checklist
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Garden City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Garden City against Idaho peers on any ranking lens. Explore Idaho
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ada County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.