Garden Grove vs Santa Ana

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

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

Santa Ana has the higher population (311,639 vs 170,603 in Garden Grove). Garden Grove has the higher median household income ($90,166 vs $88,354 in Santa Ana). Garden Grove has the higher median home value ($765,500 vs $657,800 in Santa Ana).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
Population	170,603	311,639
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,166	$88,354
Median home value	$765,500	$657,800
Median gross rent	$1,971	$1,975
Housing units	50,401	82,352
Homeownership rate	53.6%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
Population	173,258 → 170,603 (-1.5%)	332,794 → 311,639 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$69,278 → $90,166 (+30.2%)	$66,145 → $88,354 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$554,400 → $765,500 (+38.1%)	$491,300 → $657,800 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $1,971 (+24.0%)	$1,563 → $1,975 (+26.4%)

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

Santa Ana

Population

332,794311,639

Median household income

$66,145$88,354

Median home value

$491,300$657,800

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.8%
75 and over	6.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	8.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	41.3%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	77.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
No high school diploma	24.6%	33.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
Drove alone	73.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	13.7%
Public transit	1.3%	3.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.7%
Other means	1.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
1-unit, detached	55.1%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	14.7%
20 or more units	12.8%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Santa Ana
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.1%
Average household size	3.45	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1964	1968