Garden Grove is a city of 170,964 people in California. The foreign-born share is 46%. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $814,100. That puts it in the top 10% of US cities for household income. There are 9,523 people per square mile. 53% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $92,174, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 130%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Garden Grove
What changed most since 1990
White share54.8% → 15.9%(−38.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Asian share20.4% → 42.7%(+22.3 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts
Homes owned by their occupants59.6% → 53.1%(−6.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Garden Grove's population equals 5.4% of Orange County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 3.1% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 3.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.2%(616)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.8%(704)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.7%(1,206)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.5%(187)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(38)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,378 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Garden Grove, decade by decade
Garden Grove population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
143,050
$95,720
$474,734
16.1%
75.8
2000
165,196
$86,991
$354,312
15.0%
86.6
2010
170,883
$87,790
$680,300
19.7%
84.5
2020
171,949
$89,219
$703,346
22.8%
82.0
2024
170,964
$92,174
$814,100
25.3%
81.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
