| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 620 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:11 PM |
| Population: | 37,808 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20055 |
| CBSA: | Garden City, KS |
| Land Area: | 1,134 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 37.9961, -100.8185 |
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37,808 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,134 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 36,786 to 37,808 from 2014 to 2024 — a +2.8% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67851 (Holcomb, $83,906 median) and poorest ZIP 67846 (Garden City, $73,218) are 14.5 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $196,100 in 67846 (Garden City) to $241,800 in 67851 (Holcomb).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 17 people/sq mi in 67851 (Holcomb) to 39 in 67846 (Garden City).
Educational attainment ranges from 18.8% bachelor's+ in 67846 (Garden City) to 21.0% in 67851 (Holcomb) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #13 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #64 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $73,923 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
19.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (4,312 of 22,611 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.