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Garden AcresCA

Garden Acres, CA is a 11K-resident city in San Joaquin County with a median household income of $66,474.

San Joaquin County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Garden Acres, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Garden Acres has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $336,000.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 5%
By size
$66,474
Median income (place)
$336,000
Median home (place)
18.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Garden Acres

Garden Acres posts a median household income higher than 31% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 32%
by median income, US cities

Where Garden Acres income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$66,474 Bottom 31% higher than 31% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Garden Acres $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Garden Acres, CA beyond the headline numbers

Garden Acres sits inside San Joaquin County, California, at roughly 37.96°N, -121.23°W. Population 10,648, $66,474 median household income. Median home value $336,000, median rent $1,354. Poverty rate 18.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

18.9% of Garden Acres, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Garden Acres runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 4.7% of Garden Acres workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 25.9% in Garden Acres, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Garden Acres workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Garden Acres's median age is 31.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Garden Acres from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,648
Garden Acres · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$66,474
-26% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$336,000
-19% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Joaquin County): Garden Acres's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
797K+15%
Median Income
$92,179+73%
Median Home Value
$530,700+155%
Poverty Rate
12.4%-32%
Unemployment
7.6%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Garden Acres, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,354/mo
Poverty Rate
18.9% +52% vs avg
Unemployment 10.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 5.9%
Work From Home 4.7%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 21.5%
African American 1.7%
Asian 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.8%
Obesity
35.9%
Physical Inactivity
34.2%
High Blood Pressure
29.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
25.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
18%
Current Smoking
16.1%
Binge Drinking
15%
Diabetes
13.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 43.2%
Annual Checkup 65.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Garden Acres?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Garden Acres right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-GARDEN-ACRES · Garden Acres

Garden Acres: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Garden Acres; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Garden Acres, CA? ▼
Garden Acres, CA has a population of 10,648 people, located in San Joaquin County, California.
What is the median household income in Garden Acres? ▼
The median household income in Garden Acres, CA is $66,474 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.9%.
What is the median home value in Garden Acres? ▼
The median home value in Garden Acres, CA is $336,000. Median rent is $1,354/month.
What are the top health concerns in Garden Acres? ▼
The top health indicators in Garden Acres include Short Sleep Duration (40.8%), Obesity (35.9%), Physical Inactivity (34.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Garden Acres? ▼
The median age in Garden Acres, CA is 31.6 years. 5.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Garden Acres, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (18.9% here).

Tucson, AZ 18.9% Lubbock, TX 18.9% Pasadena, TX 18.9% North Miami, FL 18.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($66,474 here).

Lawrenceburg, KY $66,486 Columbia, MO $66,498 Mayfield Heights, OH $66,524 Arizona City, AZ $66,420

Compare Garden Acres with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Garden Acres's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Garden Acres area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Joaquin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.