People QuickFacts Garden City Michigan Population, 2011 estimate 27,408 9,876,187 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,692 9,883,635 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -1.0% -0.1% Population, 2010 27,692 9,883,640 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.3% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.4% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.0% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.9% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 92.5% 78.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.4% 14.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.1% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.3% 4.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 90.2% 76.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 89.5% 85.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 2.7% 5.9% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 5.6% 8.9% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 89.3% 88.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 11.6% 25.0% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 23.6 23.7  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 85.1% 74.2% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 7.1% 18.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $126,000 $144,200 Households, 2006-2010 10,429 3,843,997 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.70 2.53 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $23,848 $25,135 Median household income 2006-2010 $55,229 $48,432 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 7.3% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Garden City Michigan Total number of firms, 2007 S 816,972 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 234,455,768 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,525 107,109,349 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 404,414 109,102,594 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,737 $10,855 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 28,204 14,536,648     Geography QuickFacts Garden City Michigan Land area in square miles, 2010 5.87 56,538.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,718.4 174.8 FIPS Code 31420 26 Counties Wayne County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts