Fullerton vs Garden Grove

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

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

Garden Grove has the higher population (170,603 vs 141,278 in Fullerton). Fullerton has the higher median household income ($104,219 vs $90,166 in Garden Grove). Fullerton has the higher median home value ($859,600 vs $765,500 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
Population	141,278	170,603
Median age	36.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,219	$90,166
Median home value	$859,600	$765,500
Median gross rent	$2,124	$1,971
Housing units	49,707	50,401
Homeownership rate	51.5%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
Population	139,611 → 141,278 (+1.2%)	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$79,978 → $104,219 (+30.3%)	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$650,000 → $859,600 (+32.2%)	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,124 (+27.3%)	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)

Fullerton

Population

139,611141,278

Median household income

$79,978$104,219

Median home value

$650,000$859,600

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,124

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)

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
Under 5	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	30.3%	16.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	24.4%	41.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	37.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
No high school diploma	11.7%	24.6%
High school graduate	15.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
Drove alone	70.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.9%
Public transit	2.2%	1.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
1-unit, detached	52.1%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	11.5%
20 or more units	17.9%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fullerton	Garden Grove
Poverty rate	12.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.91	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1969	1964