Garden City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 12,927 people and four associated neighborhoods, Garden City is the 21st largest community in Idaho. Garden City home prices are not only among the most expensive in Idaho, but Garden City real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Garden City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Garden City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Garden City who work in sales jobs (10.10%), management occupations (9.71%), and office and administrative support (9.68%). Also of interest is that Garden City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Garden City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.43% of adults in Garden City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Garden City in 2022 was $43,801, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,204 for a family of four. However, Garden City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Garden City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Garden City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Garden City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Garden City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.18% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Garden City include English, Irish, German, European, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Garden City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
