Garden, Michigan
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- There is also Garden City in Wayne County.
Garden is a village in Delta County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 240. The village is located within Garden Township.
M-183 runs through the village, connecting with Fayette eight miles southwest and with U.S. Highway 2 at Garden Corners, nine miles to the north.
[edit] Geography
The village is situated on the Garden Peninsula where the Garden Creek flows into Garden Bay, a small inlet off the Big Bay de Noc, which opens onto the Bay of Green Bay on Lake Michigan.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 16.67% water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 240 people, 104 households, and 74 families residing in the village. The population density was 109.0/km² (283.1/mi²). There were 129 housing units at an average density of 58.6/km² (152.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 80.42% White, 8.75% Native American, and 10.83% from two or more races.
There were 104 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.70.
In the village the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $46,500. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $30,469 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,605. About 3.0% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 13.2% of those sixty five or over.
