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Garden City is a small town of 1,742 people in Cass County, Missouri. It's about 43 miles from Kansas City, MO. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 15 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $176k and rent runs about $925 a month.
1,742people
$176kTypical home
$925/moRent
87° / 38°Summer / winter
15"Snow
249Sunny days
98Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,742
- Part of a metro area
- About 705 people per sq mi
- 43 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 43 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $176k (≈$1,111/mo)
- Median rent $925/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 249 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 116 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 98 days a year with rain or snow
- 15" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 16 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (147 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,058 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 28% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to MCI airport
- 58 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 28 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 925 ft
- 593 mi to the ocean
- 335 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 93 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 30 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cass County: R+32 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk