Garden Grove vs Orange

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

Garden Grove and Orange 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 138,723 in Orange). Orange has the higher median household income ($116,945 vs $90,166 in Garden Grove). Orange has the higher median home value ($900,700 vs $765,500 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Orange
Population	170,603	138,723
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,166	$116,945
Median home value	$765,500	$900,700
Median gross rent	$1,971	$2,252
Housing units	50,401	46,547
Homeownership rate	53.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Orange
Population	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)	139,887 → 138,723 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)	$91,793 → $116,945 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)	$656,100 → $900,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)	$1,806 → $2,252 (+24.7%)

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

Orange

Population

139,887138,723

Median household income

$91,793$116,945

Median home value

$656,100$900,700

Median gross rent

$1,806$2,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Orange
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	40.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	41.3%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Orange
No high school diploma	24.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Orange
Drove alone	73.9%	69.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.3%
Public transit	1.3%	1.2%
Walked	1.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Orange
1-unit, detached	55.1%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	12.8%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Orange
Poverty rate	12.2%	9.2%
Average household size	3.45	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1964	1972