Garden Grove vs Irvine

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

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

Irvine has the higher population (308,160 vs 170,603 in Garden Grove). Irvine has the higher median household income ($129,647 vs $90,166 in Garden Grove). Irvine has the higher median home value ($1,115,400 vs $765,500 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Irvine
Population	170,603	308,160
Median age	39.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,166	$129,647
Median home value	$765,500	$1,115,400
Median gross rent	$1,971	$2,893
Housing units	50,401	120,368
Homeownership rate	53.6%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	70.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Irvine
Population	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)	273,157 → 308,160 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)	$105,126 → $129,647 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)	$838,000 → $1,115,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)	$2,361 → $2,893 (+22.5%)

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

Irvine

Population

273,157308,160

Median household income

$105,126$129,647

Median home value

$838,000$1,115,400

Median gross rent

$2,361$2,893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Irvine
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.2%
75 and over	6.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Irvine
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	35.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	41.3%	43.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Irvine
No high school diploma	24.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Irvine
Drove alone	73.9%	60.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.3%
Worked from home	10.1%	25.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Irvine
1-unit, detached	55.1%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	12.8%	26.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Irvine
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.7%
Average household size	3.45	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1964	2001