The median income of Garden City residents was $29,223 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 10,749 households with a population of 26,683.
The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Barton Hills with $114,688 per year after adjusting for inflation – $85,465 more than Garden City. It had 144 households with a population of 342.
The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was East Lansing with $8,538 per year after adjusting for inflation – $20,685 less than Garden City. It had 13,519 households with a population of 48,729.
Top 100 cities by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | City | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton Hills | $114,688 |
| 2 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores | $76,250 |
| 3 | Franklin | $72,132 |
| 4 | Birmingham | $71,872 |
| 5 | Lake Angelus | $70,000 |
| 6 | Orchard Lake Village | $68,011 |
| 7 | Bingham Farms | $65,598 |
| 8 | Pleasant Ridge | $65,395 |
| 9 | Glen Arbor | $65,104 |
| 10 | East Grand Rapids | $62,904 |
| 11 | Grosse Pointe Farms | $61,752 |
| 12 | Beverly Hills | $60,910 |
| 13 | Bloomfield Hills | $58,672 |
| 14 | Huntington Woods | $57,886 |
| 15 | Grosse Pointe | $56,328 |
| 16 | South Gull Lake | $55,577 |
| 17 | Grosse Pointe Park | $54,711 |
| 18 | Northville | $54,287 |
| 19 | Michiana | $51,500 |
| 20 | Grand Beach | $51,250 |
| 21 | Novi | $50,544 |
| 22 | Forest Hills | $50,506 |
| 23 | Plymouth | $50,484 |
| 24 | Grosse Pointe Woods | $49,762 |
| 25 | Rochester | $49,053 |
| 26 | Crystal Mountain | $48,750 |
| 27 | Sylvan Lake | $48,482 |
| 28 | Troy | $48,035 |
| 29 | Berkley | $48,008 |
| 30 | Royal Oak | $47,309 |
| 31 | Eagle Harbor | $46,250 |
| 32 | Leland | $46,042 |
| 33 | Lake Victoria | $45,068 |
| 34 | Hardwood Acres | $44,681 |
| 35 | DeWitt | $44,592 |
| 36 | Rochester Hills | $44,405 |
| 37 | Village of Clarkston | $44,375 |
| 38 | Wolverine Lake | $44,196 |
| 39 | Chelsea | $44,106 |
| 40 | Lake Orion | $43,838 |
| 41 | Freeland | $43,669 |
| 42 | Dimondale | $43,209 |
| 43 | Farmington | $43,176 |
| 44 | Dexter | $43,003 |
| 45 | Goodrich | $42,788 |
| 46 | Farmington Hills | $42,771 |
| 47 | Williamston | $42,466 |
| 48 | Horton Bay | $42,250 |
| 49 | Dundee | $42,172 |
| 50 | Lathrup Village | $41,641 |
| 51 | Rockwood | $41,558 |
| 52 | Ponshewaing | $41,406 |
| 53 | Lake Fenton | $41,364 |
| 54 | Pinckney | $41,078 |
| 55 | Ferndale | $40,877 |
| 56 | Maybee | $40,809 |
| 57 | Advance | $40,742 |
| 58 | Clawson | $40,352 |
| 59 | North Muskegon | $40,318 |
| 60 | St. Joseph | $40,270 |
| 61 | Shoreham | $39,457 |
| 62 | Haslett | $39,326 |
| 63 | Richland | $39,310 |
| 64 | Lambertville | $38,918 |
| 65 | Saline | $38,856 |
| 66 | Chatham | $38,750 |
| 67 | Argentine | $38,580 |
| 68 | Livonia | $38,489 |
| 69 | Okemos | $38,451 |
| 70 | Bath | $38,447 |
| 71 | Frankenmuth | $38,068 |
| 72 | Presque Isle Harbor | $37,989 |
| 73 | Twin Lake | $37,981 |
| 74 | South Lyon | $37,947 |
| 75 | Omena | $37,917 |
| 76 | New Baltimore | $37,820 |
| 77 | Linden | $37,745 |
| 78 | Brighton | $37,735 |
| 78 | Milford | $37,735 |
| 80 | Walloon Lake | $37,697 |
| 81 | Hickory Corners | $37,558 |
| 82 | Beal City | $37,500 |
| 83 | Milan | $36,701 |
| 84 | St. Clair | $36,685 |
| 85 | Crystal Downs Country Club | $36,667 |
| 85 | Wacousta | $36,667 |
| 87 | Manchester | $36,532 |
| 88 | Fenton | $36,493 |
| 89 | Oxford | $36,458 |
| 90 | Caledonia | $36,384 |
| 91 | Allen Park | $36,348 |
| 92 | Estral Beach | $36,346 |
| 93 | Chums Corner | $36,307 |
| 94 | Byron Center | $36,297 |
| 95 | Mason | $36,285 |
| 96 | Temperance | $36,124 |
| 97 | Trenton | $36,106 |
| 98 | Holt | $36,053 |
| 99 | Portland | $36,030 |
| 100 | Laingsburg | $35,964 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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