Hardwick vs Home Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Hardwick and Home Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

Hardwick and Home Garden are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Home Garden has the higher population (1,903 vs 167 in Hardwick). Since 2019, Home Garden's population has grown faster (+25.1% vs +21.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hardwick	Home Garden
Population	167	1,903
Median age	21.7 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,823
Median home value	—	$162,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,154
Housing units	69	469
Homeownership rate	32.8%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardwick	Home Garden
Population	138 → 167 (+21.0%)	1,521 → 1,903 (+25.1%)
Median household income	—	$37,313 → $52,823 (+41.6%)
Median home value	—	$114,100 → $162,900 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,002 → $1,154 (+15.2%)

Hardwick

Population

138167

Home Garden

Population

1,5211,903

Median household income

$37,313$52,823

Median home value

$114,100$162,900

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardwick	Home Garden
Under 5	4.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	25.9%
18 to 24	44.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	19.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	1.2%	6.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	6.5%
75 and over	1.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardwick	Home Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	6.3%
Black or African American	15.6%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	60.5%	74.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardwick	Home Garden
No high school diploma	51.5%	30.8%
High school graduate	19.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardwick	Home Garden
Drove alone	62.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	37.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardwick	Home Garden
1-unit, detached	47.8%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	37.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Hardwick	Home Garden
Poverty rate	24.6%	18.3%
Average household size	2.78	4.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1992	1972