Garden Grove vs Mission Viejo

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

Garden Grove and Mission Viejo 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 92,415 in Mission Viejo). Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($136,071 vs $90,166 in Garden Grove). Mission Viejo has the higher median home value ($946,300 vs $765,500 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
Population	170,603	92,415
Median age	39.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,166	$136,071
Median home value	$765,500	$946,300
Median gross rent	$1,971	$2,713
Housing units	50,401	34,360
Homeownership rate	53.6%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
Population	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)	95,516 → 92,415 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)	$118,477 → $136,071 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)	$693,000 → $946,300 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)	$2,267 → $2,713 (+19.7%)

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

Mission Viejo

Population

95,51692,415

Median household income

$118,477$136,071

Median home value

$693,000$946,300

Median gross rent

$2,267$2,713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.3%
75 and over	6.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	59.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	41.3%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
No high school diploma	24.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	23.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
Drove alone	73.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	20.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
1-unit, detached	55.1%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	12.8%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Mission Viejo
Poverty rate	12.2%	5.0%
Average household size	3.45	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1964	1980