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Garden Grove, CA

172,800 Population
18 square miles 9,623.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,003 ±$682 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $37,452 ±$164
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$73,611 ±$2,580 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $76,399 ±$315
  • a little less than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

12.9% ±1.1% (22,110  ±1,800) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.2% 1,719,338 (±0.1% / ±17,972)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

29.6 minutes ±0.6 (2,344,185  ±63,501) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.8 179,308,135 (±0.1 / ±585,332)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

47,837 ±693 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,372,505 ±6,132
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
3.6 ±0.1 (170,795  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 12,984,812
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

4.4% ±0.6% (1,814  ±269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 147,101 (±0.1% / ±3,090)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

49,144 ±707 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,661,034 ±1,097
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$580,300 ±$6,485 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $641,300 ±$1,296
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

8% ±0.7% (13,630  ±1,255) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.5% 1,377,535 (±0.1% / ±13,373.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

75.1% ±1.5% (89,841  ±2,086) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81.3% 7,391,434 (±0.2% / ±20,471.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
22.8% ±1% (27,209  ±1,188.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 35.4% 3,218,089 (±0.1% / ±12,988.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

43.7% ±1.2% (75,577  ±2,021) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.7% 4,325,660 (±0.1% / ±16,149)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

3.6% ±0.4% (4,935  ±525) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.5% 357,522 (±0% / ±4,504)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
4,935 Total veterans ±525 4,571 Male ±488 364 Female ±131

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