California · Census place 29000
Garden Grove city, CA
Quick answer
Garden Grove city has 170,603 residents, ranking #30 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $90,166, the median home is worth $765,500 and median gross rent runs $1,971 a month.
- Population
- 170,603Garden Grove city residents
- Median household income
- $90,166Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $765,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,971Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 53.6%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Garden Grove city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Garden Grove city median would spend about 26.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 8.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.2% of residents and 53.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Compare with nearby places
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- Santa Rosa city 177,216
- Rancho Cucamonga city 174,693
- Oceanside city 172,542
- Lancaster city 170,013
- Palmdale city 165,487
- Salinas city 161,993
- Hayward city 159,201
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