Anaheim vs Garden Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Anaheim and Garden Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anaheim has the higher population (344,553 vs 170,603 in Garden Grove). Anaheim has the higher median household income ($90,583 vs $90,166 in Garden Grove). Anaheim has the higher median home value ($771,700 vs $765,500 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
Population	344,553	170,603
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,583	$90,166
Median home value	$771,700	$765,500
Median gross rent	$2,082	$1,971
Housing units	110,278	50,401
Homeownership rate	45.9%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
Population	349,964 → 344,553 (-1.5%)	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$71,763 → $90,583 (+26.2%)	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$575,600 → $771,700 (+34.1%)	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $2,082 (+26.1%)	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)

Anaheim

Population

349,964344,553

Median household income

$71,763$90,583

Median home value

$575,600$771,700

Median gross rent

$1,651$2,082

Garden Grove

Population

173,258170,603

Median household income

$69,278$90,166

Median home value

$554,400$765,500

Median gross rent

$1,590$1,971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.5%
75 and over	5.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	16.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	18.4%	41.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	37.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
No high school diploma	22.5%	24.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
Drove alone	74.1%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.9%
Public transit	1.9%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
1-unit, detached	40.3%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	23.3%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Anaheim	Garden Grove
Poverty rate	12.5%	12.2%
Average household size	3.20	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1973	1964