Home Garden vs Stratford

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

Home Garden and Stratford 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 1,030 in Stratford). Stratford has the higher median household income ($61,090 vs $52,823 in Home Garden). Since 2019, Home Garden's population has grown faster (+25.1% vs +14.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Home Garden	Stratford
Population	1,903	1,030
Median age	27.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$61,090
Median home value	$162,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,154	$978
Housing units	469	266
Homeownership rate	61.4%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Home Garden	Stratford
Population	1,521 → 1,903 (+25.1%)	901 → 1,030 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$37,313 → $52,823 (+41.6%)	$50,962 → $61,090 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $162,900 (+42.8%)	$103,400 → $137,000 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,154 (+15.2%)	$1,162 → $978 (-15.8%)

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

Stratford

Population

9011,030

Median household income

$50,962$61,090

Median home value

$103,400$137,000

Median gross rent

$1,162$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Home Garden	Stratford
Under 5	9.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	25.9%	24.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	19.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	6.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	3.0%
75 and over	2.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Home Garden	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	12.9%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.4%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.9%	85.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Home Garden	Stratford
No high school diploma	30.8%	47.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Home Garden	Stratford
Drove alone	81.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	24.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.6%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Home Garden	Stratford
1-unit, detached	80.0%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Home Garden	Stratford
Poverty rate	18.3%	25.8%
Average household size	4.16	4.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1972	1974