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Garden City
Georgiacity
Garden City
Total population
10,426
Median home value
$169,400
Bachelor's+
Median income
$47,814
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Garden City is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States, located just northwest of Savannah. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,289. Part industrial and part residential, the city is home to much of the heavy industry in Chatham County. It is part of the Savannah metropolitan area. It hosts the largest and busiest ocean terminal of the Port of Savannah, the flagship operation of the Georgia Ports Authority.
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Geography
Garden City is located northwest of the center of Chatham County at (32.100372, −81.164965). It is bordered to the southeast by the city of Savannah, to the west by the city of Pooler, and to the north by the city of Port Wentworth. To the northeast in unincorporated land is the Port of Savannah and the Savannah River. According to the United States Census Bureau, Garden City has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.35%, is water.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves15,461
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves13,074
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves11,204
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves10,477
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves10,182
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves9,902
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves9,674
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves9,632
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- New Hampstead High SchoolHigh · Bloomingdale · 1,436 students · 18.4:1 ratio
- Rice Creek SchoolElementary · Port Wentworth · 1,167 students · 16:1 ratio
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · Savannah · 1,135 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · Savannah · 1,118 students · 15.3:1 ratio
- Hesse SchoolElementary · Savannah · 1,022 students · 13.8:1 ratio
- Windsor Forest High SchoolHigh · Savannah · 1,012 students · 15.8:1 ratio
- Groves High SchoolHigh · Garden City · 992 students · 15:1 ratio
- West Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · Pooler · 953 students · 13.2:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.9 — 2022-06-187 km E of Stillmore, Georgia
- M 3.6 — 2003-07-136 km N of Cobbtown, Georgia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here











People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Georgia
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Garden City



Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Main Trail, Chatham, GeorgiaWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 18 mi
- Wildfire Camden McCarthy Overpass Fire, Camden, GeorgiaWildfires · 2026-07-30 · 82 mi
- Wildfire Mitchell, Ware, GeorgiaWildfires · 2026-08-24 · 119 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET