Gardner vs Lemon Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Lemon Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Gardner and Lemon Grove are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gardner has the higher population (502 vs 418 in Lemon Grove). Gardner has the higher median household income ($40,739 vs $33,750 in Lemon Grove). Since 2019, Gardner's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs -16.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
Population	502	418
Median age	64.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,739	$33,750
Median home value	$132,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$910
Housing units	459	292
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
Population	340 → 502 (+47.6%)	501 → 418 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$23,836 → $40,739 (+70.9%)	$51,667 → $33,750 (-34.7%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $132,100 (+49.9%)	$210,800 → $237,900 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$741 → $910 (+22.8%)

Gardner

Population

340502

Median household income

$23,836$40,739

Median home value

$88,100$132,100

Lemon Grove

Population

501418

Median household income

$51,667$33,750

Median home value

$210,800$237,900

Median gross rent

$741$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
Under 5	6.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	9.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	2.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	19.9%
75 and over	29.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
No high school diploma	27.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
Drove alone	11.5%	91.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	64.6%	0.0%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
1-unit, detached	16.8%	38.4%
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	83.2%	61.6%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Lemon Grove
Poverty rate	40.0%	33.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1997	2007