Garden Grove

Population & Demographics

Garden Grove, CA

Garden Grove is home to 170,964 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 85,918 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
170,964
people
Population

170,964 residents

Median age 40.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Garden Grove population & demographics

Who lives in Garden Grove — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
170,964
Median age
40.2yrs
Median household income
$92,174
Median home value
$814,100
Median gross rent
$2,012/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.3%
Poverty rate
12.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Garden Grove

How Garden Grove breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian42.7%
Hispanic or Latino37.1%
White15.9%
Two or more races2.4%
Black1.0%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Garden Grove

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Garden Grove.

Garden Grove at a glance
Employed Residents
85,918
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
10.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Santa Ana
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Garden Grove proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Garden Grove commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

48
Commute Score

48 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Garden Grove

85,918 commutes, one dot at a time

Garden Grove

Where 85,918 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Garden Grove, by worker count.

1Garden Grove0.0 mi9,294
2Santa Ana5.3 mi7,561
3Anaheim5.4 mi6,890
4Irvine12.2 mi6,583
5Los Angeles31.8 mi4,606
6Orange7.5 mi3,754
7Huntington Beach6.4 mi3,229
8Costa Mesa8.3 mi2,641

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Garden Grove.

1Garden Grove0.0 mi9,294
2Anaheim5.4 mi4,960
3Santa Ana5.3 mi4,225
4Westminster2.7 mi2,818
5Huntington Beach6.4 mi2,051
6Los Angeles31.8 mi2,035
7Long Beach11.9 mi1,633
8Orange7.5 mi1,337

Top industries

The sectors that employ Garden Grove’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.8%
MFManufacturing11.8%
RTRetail Trade11.1%
EDEducational Services10.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.8%
COConstruction6.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.3%
WSWholesale Trade3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Garden Grove

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
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