Kansas · Census place 2025425
Gardner, Kansas
Gardner is a city in Johnson County, Kansas with an estimated 25,836 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 17th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 25,836
- #17 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- +10.3%
- +2,408 people
- Land area
- 14.6 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,773 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Gardner population, 2020 to 2024
Gardner added 2,408 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.3%. In the latest year it moved by +491. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Gardner is 2.2 times that size.
Gardner covers 14.57 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,773 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Gardner is denser than the typical town.
What county Gardner is in
All of Gardner's residents live in Johnson County, which had 632,276 residents in 2024. Gardner holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gardner
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gardner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66030. 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 Gardner is
The Census internal point of Gardner is at 38.808700, -94.922500. Topeka, the capital, is 43.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Olathe, KS (149,035 people), 7.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.808700, -94.922500
- DMS
- 38°48'31.32"N 94°55'21.00"W
- UTM
- 15N 333073.2E 4297303.7N
- Geohash
- 9yukzbzt1
- Plus code
- 86C7R35G+FX
Daylight in Gardner
At 38.81° N, Gardner gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gardner
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgerton, 3.6 miles away, with 1,716 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gardner, KS?
25,836 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,408 (10.3%) from 23,428 in July 2020.
What county is Gardner in?
Johnson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gardner?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66030.
How far is Gardner from Topeka?
43.8 miles (70.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Gardner.
What is the nearest larger city to Gardner?
Olathe, KS, with 149,035 residents, 7.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.