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Garden Grove, CA
172,361 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0629000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Garden Grove ranked #111 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Garden Grove and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oxnard CA, Norwalk CA, Costa Mesa CA, Pomona CA, Pasadena CA, Glendale CA, West Covina CA, Chula Vista CA, Downey CA, Fullerton CA, Escondido CA, Ontario CA, Anaheim CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #111 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #234 | #269 | #261 | #247 | #259 | #155 | #172 | #129 | #228 | #211 | #162 | #163 | #130 | #151 | #234 | #237 | #309 | #146 | #111 | #178 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 168,643 | 167,821 | 167,412 | 168,527 | 169,846 | 171,181 | 172,957 | 173,809 | 174,422 | 174,423 | 174,343 | 174,571 | 173,422 | 172,195 | 171,644 | 171,866 | 170,644 | 169,865 | 170,138 | 172,361 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #247 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | — | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #238 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.0 | 1.6 | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #287 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 26.2% | 23.6% | 24.1% | 25.5% | 25.8% | 25.1% | 27.8% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 27.9% | 28.6% | 28.0% | 25.6% | 26.4% | 29.8% | — | 29.3% | 27.1% | 27.1% | 28.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #3 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | — | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #25 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.2 | 10.6 | 14.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 51,528 | 50,267 | 49,400 | 48,536 | 46,396 | 46,730 | 46,658 | 48,248 | 48,230 | 48,414 | 50,624 | 52,776 | 54,337 | 56,811 | 56,888 | 51,406 | 51,667 | 54,894 | 56,362 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #81 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.2 | -3.6 | -2.9 | -2.4 | -1.3 | -0.8 | -1.2 | +3.4 | -2.7 | -1.8 | +2.6 | +0.9 | +2.2 | +2.9 | -1.7 | -3.0 | +0.6 | -1.1 | +1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76,985 | 77,688 | 81,389 | 79,640 | 85,056 | 86,670 | 87,114 | 87,731 | 84,750 | — | 80,126 | 89,538 | 81,029 | 86,958 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #190 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.0% | 10.9% | 9.1% | 7.9% | 6.1% | 4.8% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 4.0% | — | 8.4% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 5.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #154 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 19% | 24% | 17% | 8% | 2% | 9% | 10% | -6% | 9% | 23% | 11% | 17% | 18% | 7% | — | — | — | 23% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #46 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $1,198 | $1,165 | $1,463 | $1,669 | $1,648 | $1,582 | $1,410 | $1,409 | $1,125 | $805 | $830 | $1,012 | $942 | $858 | — | — | — | $813 | — | — |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Garden Grove. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.