Garden City is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, home to about 652 people across 33 square miles. Its ZIP code is 56034, and parts of 56055 are in Garden City too.
Homes sold for a median of $116 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Garden City; also Vernon Center Township and Ceresco
Mostly Lake Crystal; part is in Garden City
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Garden City. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)73 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN76 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL364 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Garden City; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Garden City had 844 residents in the 2020 census, up 21% since 2000.
It’s the 859th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Blue Earth County grew from 32,263 residents in 1900 to 69,112 in 2020.
Blue Earth County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 6°F. About 33.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 39 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mankato, MN weather station (10 miles away).
35,883 jobs at 1,992 businesses in Blue Earth County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Garden City.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (2 nearby)
Grocery stores (1 nearby)
Libraries (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Lake Crystal, Judson, Butternut Valley, South Bend, Cambria, Lincoln Township (Blue Earth County), Vernon Center Township and Ceresco.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.