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Garden Grove, California: commercial real estate data.
Garden Grove is a Census city of 170,964 people across 17.95 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $92,174, 53.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 205 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $128.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Garden Grove
What Garden Grove is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.95 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land9,523
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrange County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
How many people live in Garden Grove
- Population170,964
- Median age40.2
- Population under 1835,696
- Share under 1820.9 percent
- Population 65 and over26,708
- Share 65 and over15.6 percent
- Households49,122
- Family households38,097
- Share of households that are families77.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
Income and work in Garden Grove
- Median household income$92,174
- Per capita income$33,568
- Civilian labor force88,921
- Employed83,617
- Unemployed5,304
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over119,647
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
Housing in Garden Grove
- Housing units50,960
- Occupied units49,122
- Vacant units1,838
- Vacancy rate3.6 percent
- Owner occupied26,073
- Renter occupied23,049
- Ownership rate53.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$814,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,012
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.2 percent
- Single family units31,930
- Share single family62.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17,260
- Share in buildings of two or more33.9 percent
- Mobile homes1,747
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
How Garden Grove gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute72,570
- Commuting under 15 minutes10,650
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more34,132
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.0 percent
- Drove alone72.6 percent
- Carpooled12.0 percent
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home11.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Garden Grove
SBA loans in Garden Grove (7(a))
- Approvals205
- Gross approval$128,882,800
- Average approval$628,697
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,927,600
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,804
- Jobs per approval8.8
- Loans with a final outcome40
- Paid in full39
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.5 percent
- Share to franchises3.9 percent
- Distinct lenders57
- Distinct industries by NAICS109
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Garden Grove, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Garden Grove
SBA loans in Garden Grove (504)
- Approvals128
- Gross approval$142,327,000
- Average approval$1,111,930
- Median approval$805,000
- Largest approval$5,474,000
- Jobs supported1,406
- Loans with a final outcome47
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs9
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Garden Grove, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Garden Grove
Flood risk in Garden Grove
- NFIP communityCity of Garden Grove
- NFIP community number060220
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date12/03/09(M)
The City of Garden Grove participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 060220 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Orange County, not Garden Grove
Orange County context, not Garden Grove figures
- Establishments in Orange County106,961
- Covered employment, Orange County1,661,276
- Average annual pay, Orange County$81,403
- Housing units permitted, Orange County6,972
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Garden Grove.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Garden Grove questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Garden Grove, California?
170,964, in 49,122 households. Garden Grove city covers 17.95 square miles of land, which is 9,523 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Garden Grove in?
Orange County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Garden Grove?
$92,174. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $814,100. Median gross rent is $2,012 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Garden Grove businesses?
205 7(a) approvals totaling $128.9 m since FY2020, across 57 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 128 504 approvals worth $142.3 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Garden Grove, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Garden Grove borrowers get paid back?
Of the 40 loans that have reached a final outcome, 39 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 2.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Garden Grove in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Garden Grove appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Garden Grove, city of, community 060220, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Garden Grove figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orange County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Garden Grove.
Is zoning published for Garden Grove?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.