Garden Acres vs Lathrop

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

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

Lathrop has the higher population (32,696 vs 10,417 in Garden Acres). Lathrop has the higher median household income ($118,605 vs $62,895 in Garden Acres). Lathrop has the higher median home value ($605,000 vs $318,400 in Garden Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
Population	10,417	32,696
Median age	33.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,895	$118,605
Median home value	$318,400	$605,000
Median gross rent	$1,304	$2,367
Housing units	3,056	8,825
Homeownership rate	54.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
Population	9,972 → 10,417 (+4.5%)	22,341 → 32,696 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$41,385 → $62,895 (+52.0%)	$85,805 → $118,605 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $318,400 (+90.0%)	$358,900 → $605,000 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,304 (+19.3%)	$1,715 → $2,367 (+38.0%)

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

Lathrop

Population

22,34132,696

Median household income

$85,805$118,605

Median home value

$358,900$605,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
Under 5	9.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.2%
75 and over	3.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	18.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	2.2%	32.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	84.3%	35.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
No high school diploma	51.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
Drove alone	76.1%	71.5%
Carpooled	19.4%	13.7%
Public transit	0.2%	2.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
1-unit, detached	91.0%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Garden Acres	Lathrop
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.6%
Average household size	3.84	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	45	44
Median year structure built	1958	2005