About Gardner

Gardner is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 11,192 people and just one neighborhood, Gardner is the 33rd largest community in Kansas.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Gardner, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Gardner, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Gardner's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The town does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Gardner is $51,806.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gardner is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gardner is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gardner who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.74%), sales jobs (11.66%), and management occupations (10.87%).

Also of interest is that Gardner has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Gardner is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Gardner, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.18% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Gardner is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Gardner Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Gardner who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.07% of adults in Gardner have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gardner in 2000 was $21,264, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,056 for a family of four.

The people who call Gardner home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gardner is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gardner include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Gardner is English. Some people also speak Spanish.