Garden Grove vs Spring Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Garden Grove and Spring Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garden Grove has the higher population (858 vs 274 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($91,058 vs $80,547 in Garden Grove). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($425,000 vs $259,800 in Garden Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
Population	858	274
Median age	39.9 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,547	$91,058
Median home value	$259,800	$425,000
Median gross rent	$1,140	—
Housing units	352	111
Homeownership rate	71.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
Population	911 → 858 (-5.8%)	554 → 274 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $80,547 (+117.2%)	$68,750 → $91,058 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $259,800 (+143.0%)	$260,500 → $425,000 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $1,140 (+57.7%)	—

Garden Grove

Population

911858

Median household income

$37,083$80,547

Median home value

$106,900$259,800

Median gross rent

$723$1,140

Spring Lake

Population

554274

Median household income

$68,750$91,058

Median home value

$260,500$425,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	21.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	5.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	25.9%
75 and over	7.0%	32.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	99.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	12.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	12.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
Drove alone	90.2%	32.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	29.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	38.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	55.7%	89.2%
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	44.3%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Garden Grove	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	21.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1995	1994