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Median Home Price in Garden Grove, CA

The median home value in Garden Grove, CA is $1,015,470 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.73% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,015,470

Year-over-Year

+3.73%

Population

167,041

Garden Grove ranks #124 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 32.6% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Orange County, where the county-wide median is $1,190,239.

Housing affordability in Garden Grove

Median household income in Garden Grove is $92,174, so the typical home value is about 11.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Garden Grove

Garden Grove police recorded a violent crime rate of 277 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,759 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Garden Grove

What is the average home price in Garden Grove, CA?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Garden Grove, that value is $1,015,470. That's up 3.73% from a year earlier. It is about 32.6% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Garden Grove expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Garden Grove are cheaper than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,190,239 — a difference of about 14.7%.

Is Garden Grove affordable?

Median household income here is $92,174, so the typical home value is about 11.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Garden Grove a safe place to live?

Garden Grove police reported 277 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 167,041. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.