Garden Grove vs Huntington Beach

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

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

Huntington Beach has the higher population (196,010 vs 170,603 in Garden Grove). Huntington Beach has the higher median household income ($119,885 vs $90,166 in Garden Grove). Huntington Beach has the higher median home value ($1,047,300 vs $765,500 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
Population	170,603	196,010
Median age	39.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,166	$119,885
Median home value	$765,500	$1,047,300
Median gross rent	$1,971	$2,424
Housing units	50,401	81,812
Homeownership rate	53.6%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
Population	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)	200,259 → 196,010 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)	$95,046 → $119,885 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)	$771,100 → $1,047,300 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)	$1,903 → $2,424 (+27.4%)

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

Huntington Beach

Population

200,259196,010

Median household income

$95,046$119,885

Median home value

$771,100$1,047,300

Median gross rent

$1,903$2,424

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.9%
75 and over	6.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	59.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	41.3%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
No high school diploma	24.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	23.8%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
Drove alone	73.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.1%	19.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
1-unit, detached	55.1%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	12.8%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Huntington Beach
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.5%
Average household size	3.45	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1964	1974