Missouri · Census place 2926434

Garden City, Missouri

Garden City is a city in Cass County, Missouri with an estimated 1,599 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 272nd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,599
#272 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-34 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
647 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Garden City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Garden City population, 2020 to 2024

Garden City lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

1,63320201,62320211,59020221,57920231,5992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,632. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Garden City covers 2.47 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 647 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Garden City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Garden City is in

All of Garden City's residents live in Cass County, which had 113,873 residents in 2024. Garden City holds 1.4% 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: 64747. 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 38.562100, -94.195200. Jefferson City, the capital, is 109.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisonville, MO (9,980 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 26.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.562100, -94.195200
DMS
38°33'43.56"N 94°11'42.72"W
UTM
15N 395868.9E 4268861.3N
Geohash
9yv52s10s
Plus code
86C7HR63+RW

Daylight in Garden City

At 38.56° N, Garden City gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 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 Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Archie, 10.1 miles away, with 1,279 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Garden City, MO?

1,599 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (2.1%) from 1,633 in July 2020.

What county is Garden City in?

Cass 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: 64747.

How far is Garden City from Jefferson City?

109.2 miles (175.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Garden City.

What is the nearest larger city to Garden City?

Harrisonville, MO, with 9,980 residents, 10.4 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.