Garden Farms vs San Simeon

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

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

San Simeon has the higher population (301 vs 248 in Garden Farms). Since 2019, Garden Farms's population has grown faster (-38.5% vs -54.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
Population	248	301
Median age	54.1 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,705
Median home value	—	$276,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,343
Housing units	143	296
Homeownership rate	67.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
Population	403 → 248 (-38.5%)	658 → 301 (-54.3%)
Median household income	—	$52,578 → $54,705 (+4.0%)
Median home value	—	$288,300 → $276,600 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,111 → $1,343 (+20.9%)

Garden Farms

Population

403248

San Simeon

Population

658301

Median household income

$52,578$54,705

Median home value

$288,300$276,600

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
Under 5	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	18.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	52.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.3%
75 and over	22.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	37.9%
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%	62.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
No high school diploma	21.6%	46.5%
High school graduate	17.3%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
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	San Simeon
1-unit, detached	61.5%	18.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	31.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Garden Farms	San Simeon
Poverty rate	31.9%	4.0%
Average household size	1.73	1.74
Median year structure built	1938	1979