Idaho · Census place 1629620

Garden City, Idaho

Garden City is a city in Ada County, Idaho with an estimated 12,936 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,936
#22 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+638 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
3,171 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Garden City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Garden City population, 2020 to 2024

Garden City added 638 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +114. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Garden City is 77% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,304. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Garden City covers 4.08 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 3,171 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Garden City is denser than the typical town.

What county Garden City is in

All of Garden City's residents live in Ada County, which had 535,799 residents in 2024. Garden City holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Garden City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Garden City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83714. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Garden City is

The Census internal point of Garden City is at 43.668300, -116.294400. Boise, the capital, is 5.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boise City, ID (237,963 people), 5.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.668300, -116.294400
DMS
43°40'5.88"N 116°17'39.84"W
UTM
11N 556885.1E 4835274.6N
Geohash
9rv23tt42
Plus code
85M5MP94+86

Daylight in Garden City

At 43.67° N, Garden City gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Garden City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Boise City, 5.8 miles away, with 237,963 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Garden City, ID?

12,936 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 638 (5.2%) from 12,298 in July 2020.

What county is Garden City in?

Ada County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Garden City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83714.

How far is Garden City from Boise?

5.3 miles (8.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Garden City.

What is the nearest larger city to Garden City?

Boise City, ID, with 237,963 residents, 5.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.