Cost of living in Garden City, Kansas
Garden City, Kansas has about 27,819 people. Typical rent is $1,052 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $72,865 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #31 in Kansas on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,052 a month.
Garden City is a city in Kansas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $72,865 a year.
- People
- 27,819
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,052
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $72,865
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $192,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,153
- Finney County, KS
Garden City, Kansas has about 27,819 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $192,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Finney County is $1,153 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Garden City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Kansas's prices sit at 90.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Kansas taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Garden City's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Kansas home paid 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Garden City's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kansas in the table we use.
Among 184 places we list in Kansas with a rent figure, 41 have higher typical rent than Garden City.
Nearby places
- Holcomb
Typical rent $968
Compare with Garden City - Lakin
Typical rent $1,134
Compare with Garden City - Cimarron
Typical rent $793
Compare with Garden City - Sublette
Typical rent $694
Compare with Garden City - Scott City
Typical rent $649
Compare with Garden City - Ulysses
Typical rent $717
Compare with Garden City - Leoti
Typical rent $917
Compare with Garden City - Dodge City
Typical rent $1,045
Compare with Garden City
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Kansas
Bigger places in Kansas
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.