August vs Garden Acres

A side-by-side comparison of August and Garden Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garden Acres has the higher population (10,417 vs 8,471 in August). Garden Acres has the higher median household income ($62,895 vs $48,708 in August). Garden Acres has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $267,600 in August).

Population, income & housing

	August	Garden Acres
Population	8,471	10,417
Median age	27.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,708	$62,895
Median home value	$267,600	$318,400
Median gross rent	$1,133	$1,304
Housing units	2,481	3,056
Homeownership rate	53.7%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	August	Garden Acres
Population	8,405 → 8,471 (+0.8%)	9,972 → 10,417 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$34,611 → $48,708 (+40.7%)	$41,385 → $62,895 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $267,600 (+62.3%)	$167,600 → $318,400 (+90.0%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,133 (+20.1%)	$1,093 → $1,304 (+19.3%)

August

Population

8,4058,471

Median household income

$34,611$48,708

Median home value

$164,900$267,600

Median gross rent

$943$1,133

Garden Acres

Population

9,97210,417

Median household income

$41,385$62,895

Median home value

$167,600$318,400

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	August	Garden Acres
Under 5	11.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	6.4%
75 and over	3.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	August	Garden Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	11.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	August	Garden Acres
No high school diploma	41.8%	51.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	August	Garden Acres
Drove alone	78.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	17.5%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	August	Garden Acres
1-unit, detached	75.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	August	Garden Acres
Poverty rate	28.7%	14.0%
Average household size	3.75	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	49	45
Median year structure built	1957	1958