Escalon vs Garden Acres

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

Escalon 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 7,429 in Escalon). Escalon has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $62,895 in Garden Acres). Escalon has the higher median home value ($461,700 vs $318,400 in Garden Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Escalon	Garden Acres
Population	7,429	10,417
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$62,895
Median home value	$461,700	$318,400
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,304
Housing units	2,943	3,056
Homeownership rate	77.2%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escalon	Garden Acres
Population	7,538 → 7,429 (-1.4%)	9,972 → 10,417 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$74,454 → $86,875 (+16.7%)	$41,385 → $62,895 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$348,300 → $461,700 (+32.6%)	$167,600 → $318,400 (+90.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,659 → $1,763 (+6.3%)	$1,093 → $1,304 (+19.3%)

Escalon

Population

7,5387,429

Median household income

$74,454$86,875

Median home value

$348,300$461,700

Median gross rent

$1,659$1,763

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)

	Escalon	Garden Acres
Under 5	9.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.4%
75 and over	11.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escalon	Garden Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	11.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escalon	Garden Acres
No high school diploma	12.4%	51.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escalon	Garden Acres
Drove alone	73.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escalon	Garden Acres
1-unit, detached	93.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Escalon	Garden Acres
Poverty rate	9.5%	14.0%
Average household size	2.61	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	45
Median year structure built	1987	1958