Garden Grove is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 169,254 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Garden Grove is the 31st largest community in California.

Housing costs in Garden Grove are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Garden Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Garden Grove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Garden Grove, the average commute to work is 30.49 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The population of Garden Grove overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Garden Grove, 23.47% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Garden Grove in 2022 was $31,132, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,528 for a family of four. However, Garden Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Garden Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Garden Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Garden Grove residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Garden Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Garden Grove include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

Garden Grove also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 43.94%.

The most common language spoken in Garden Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.