Garden Farms vs Santa Margarita

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

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

Santa Margarita has the higher population (665 vs 248 in Garden Farms). Since 2019, Garden Farms's population has grown faster (-38.5% vs -40.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
Population	248	665
Median age	54.1 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median home value	—	$643,100
Median gross rent	—	$634
Housing units	143	459
Homeownership rate	67.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
Population	403 → 248 (-38.5%)	1,122 → 665 (-40.7%)
Median home value	—	$525,300 → $643,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$978 → $634 (-35.2%)

Garden Farms

Population

403248

Santa Margarita

Population

1,122665

Median home value

$525,300$643,100

Median gross rent

$978$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
Under 5	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	23.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	21.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.8%
75 and over	22.2%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	82.6%
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%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
No high school diploma	21.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
Drove alone	100.0%	36.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	34.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
1-unit, detached	61.5%	48.1%
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%	51.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden Farms	Santa Margarita
Poverty rate	31.9%	2.1%
Average household size	1.73	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1938	1986