Garden Acres vs Mountain House

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

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

Mountain House has the higher population (25,108 vs 10,417 in Garden Acres). Mountain House has the higher median household income ($171,675 vs $62,895 in Garden Acres). Mountain House has the higher median home value ($859,700 vs $318,400 in Garden Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
Population	10,417	25,108
Median age	33.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,895	$171,675
Median home value	$318,400	$859,700
Median gross rent	$1,304	$3,232
Housing units	3,056	6,958
Homeownership rate	54.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
Population	9,972 → 10,417 (+4.5%)	17,966 → 25,108 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$41,385 → $62,895 (+52.0%)	$140,801 → $171,675 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $318,400 (+90.0%)	$595,700 → $859,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,304 (+19.3%)	$2,547 → $3,232 (+26.9%)

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

Mountain House

Population

17,96625,108

Median household income

$140,801$171,675

Median home value

$595,700$859,700

Median gross rent

$2,547$3,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
Under 5	9.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	26.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	4.6%
75 and over	3.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	21.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	55.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	84.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
No high school diploma	51.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	25.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
Drove alone	76.1%	62.8%
Carpooled	19.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
1-unit, detached	91.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Garden Acres	Mountain House
Poverty rate	14.0%	2.7%
Average household size	3.84	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	45	55
Median year structure built	1958	2010