Garden City, SD

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

John Thune

Republican Party

US Senator

Mike Rounds

Republican Party

US Representative

Dusty Johnson

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

37.5

1.06% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

Economy

The economy of Garden City, SD employs 39 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Garden City, SD were Manufacturing (15 people), Transportation & Warehousing (13 people), and Retail Trade (6 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($43,375).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 71

−11.4%

1 Year decline

± 274%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Garden City, SD declined at a rate of −11.4%, from 44 employees to 39 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Garden City, SD, are Material Moving Occupations (14 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (11 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (6 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Garden City, SD.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in South Dakota (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 71

−11.4%

1 Year decline

± 274%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Garden City, SD declined at a rate of −11.4%, from 44 employees to 39 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Garden City, SD, are Manufacturing (15 people), Transportation & Warehousing (13 people), and Retail Trade (6 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Garden City, SD, though some of these residents may live in Garden City, SD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$42,750

Median earning men ± $44,144

$26,477

Median earning women ± $4,477

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($43,250).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are .

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in South Dakota went to Donald J. Trump with 63.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (34.2%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.68%).

John Thune and Mike Rounds are the senators currently representing the state of South Dakota. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Garden City, SD is currently represented by Dusty Johnson in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Garden City, SD. Showing the available data for South Dakota.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (63.4%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (34.2%)
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy (1.68%)
Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in South Dakota went to Donald J. Trump with 63.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (34.2%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.68%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in South Dakota for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from South Dakota

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.

John Thune

Senator from South Dakota

Assumed office on January 3, 2005

Mike Rounds

Senator from South Dakota

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

John Thune and Mike Rounds are the senators currently representing South Dakota.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in South Dakota over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Garden City, SD

Dusty Johnson

District at-large Representative

Republican Party

Garden City, SD is currently represented by Dusty Johnson (Republican Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Garden City, SD have changed over time starting in 2008.

Housing & Living

People in Garden City, SD have an average commute time of 47.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Garden City, SD is higher than the national average, with an average of 5 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$46,700

Median Property Value 2023

±$40,988

$20

Median Property Taxes

±$34

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Garden City, SD the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Garden City, SD compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$93,750

Median Household Income

± $69,653

Number of Households

± 35

The following chart displays the households in Garden City, SD distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $100k - $125k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Garden City, SD is from South Dakota.

0.44

2024 Wage GINI in South Dakota

0.443

2023 Wage GINI in South Dakota

In 2024, the income inequality in South Dakota was 0.44 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.642% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for South Dakota was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in South Dakota in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in South Dakota across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (82.1%)
Carpooled (12.8%)
Worked At Home (5.13%)

In 2024, 82.1% of workers in Garden City, SD drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.8%) and those who worked at home (5.13%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

47.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Garden City, SD have a longer commute time (47.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 21.6% of the workforce in Garden City, SD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Garden City, SD compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

5 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Garden City, SD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Garden City, SD have 5 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Garden City, SD (3 out of 75 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 45 - 54, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Garden City, SD is White, followed by Native American and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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