Kansas · Census place 2025325

Garden City, Kansas

Garden City is a city in Finney County, Kansas with an estimated 27,996 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
27,996
#14 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-36 people
Land area
11.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,497 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Garden City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Garden City population, 2020 to 2024

Garden City lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +247. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Garden City is 2.4 times that size.

28.0k202027.9k202127.5k202227.7k202328.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,151. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Garden City covers 11.21 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,497 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Garden City is denser than the typical town.

What county Garden City is in

All of Garden City's residents live in Finney County, which had 38,354 residents in 2024. Garden City holds 73.0% 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: 67846. 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 37.975900, -100.850900. Topeka, the capital, is 289.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hutchinson, KS (39,561 people), 160.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 192.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.975900, -100.850900
DMS
37°58'33.24"N 100°51'3.24"W
UTM
14N 337435.8E 4204757.1N
Geohash
9yb21169e
Plus code
859XX4GX+9J

Daylight in Garden City

At 37.98° N, Garden City gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 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 Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Holcomb, 7.8 miles away, with 2,242 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Garden City, KS?

27,996 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (0.1%) from 28,032 in July 2020.

What county is Garden City in?

Finney 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: 67846.

How far is Garden City from Topeka?

289.2 miles (465.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Garden City.

What is the nearest larger city to Garden City?

Hutchinson, KS, with 39,561 residents, 160.3 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.