Garden Farms vs Oak Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Garden Farms and Oak Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garden Farms has the higher population (248 vs 153 in Oak Shores). Since 2019, Garden Farms's population has grown faster (-38.5% vs -56.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
Population	248	153
Median age	54.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median home value	—	$507,600
Housing units	143	674
Homeownership rate	67.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
Population	403 → 248 (-38.5%)	348 → 153 (-56.0%)
Median household income	—	$100,625 → $68,292 (-32.1%)
Median home value	—	$469,500 → $507,600 (+8.1%)

Garden Farms

Population

403248

Oak Shores

Population

348153

Median household income

$100,625$68,292

Median home value

$469,500$507,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
Under 5	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	20.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.7%
75 and over	22.2%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
No high school diploma	21.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
Drove alone	100.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
1-unit, detached	61.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Farms	Oak Shores
Poverty rate	31.9%	23.5%
Average household size	1.73	1.82
Median year structure built	1938	1993