Garden AcresCA
A town of 10,667.
Is Garden Acres a good place to live?
Garden Acres grades D overall, 593rd of 841 graded towns in California, mostly because of health. Residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. Garden Acres’ average trip to work is 41 minutes, where California’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 67 of California’s 1,058 towns score higher on cost of living.
97% of working residents leave Garden Acres for work
Where Garden Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Garden Acres grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Garden Acres is from typical.
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Moving to Garden Acres: who provides what
Garden Acres is unincorporated, so San Joaquin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Garden Acres.
Garden Acres carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly earthquakes), has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak.
Homes in Garden Acres are worth about $361K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical value, about $361K, is 7% below its July 2022 peak. The median property tax bill is $1,808, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Garden Acres home is worth about $361,000, about the same as a year ago, 53% below the California typical home. 54% of Garden Acres households own their home.
| Garden Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,354 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Garden Acres’ schools rank behind 72% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Stockton Unified school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Franklin High, with 2,065 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelmina Henry ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 881 | – |
| Franklin HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 2,065 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Garden Acres’ grade for health is a C−
35% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Garden Acres. Garden Acres beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22. 66% of adults had a checkup this year in Garden Acres.
| Garden Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 22% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Garden Acres | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.6% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 25.9% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Garden Acres’ workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 4,037 working residents takes 41.2 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Most working residents leave Garden Acres for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Garden Acres grew to 1,664 in 2023, 336 more than in 2013. The median household income in Garden Acres is $66,000.
| Garden Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Garden Acres, the FEMA risk score runs lower than in the typical California or U.S. town
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of California towns, with expected losses of about $262 per resident a year; that rating is what its B+ for hazard risk is built on.
Garden Acres’ FEMA risk score is 31 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Garden Acres has mild winters and hot summers
The Stockton Fire Stn 4 weather station, 5 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 305 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
Garden Acres has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Garden Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Garden Acres has set aside 1% of its land for conservation
0.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Garden Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. East Side Community Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
| 2. Garden Acres Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mount Diablo and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Garden Acres. Close and well known come first.
38 mi MountainMount Diablo
4 mi Stadium & arenaAdventist Health Arena
5 mi MuseumHaggin Museum
6 mi MuseumUSS Lucid
39 mi MuseumWestern Railway Museum
39 mi MuseumBlackhawk MuseumPhoto credits
Mount Diablo: Trurl66, Public domain · Adventist Health Arena: Christopher Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haggin Museum: Bluelight999, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Lucid: U.S. Navy photo, Public domain · Western Railway Museum: LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blackhawk Museum: ShakataGaNai, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Garden Acres
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Garden Acres
About 5 of every 100 Garden Acres residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Garden Acres
Census-designated place in California, United States
Garden Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 11,398 at the 2020 census, up from 10,648 at the 2010 census. It is the most populous CDP in San Joaquin County.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 33 ft
Garden Acres’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Garden Acres.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Acres | #593 | D | B− | — | C | C− |
| Stockton | #706 | D− | C− | D− | C+ | C+ |
Garden Acres reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Garden Acres with a neighbor →
Questions about Garden Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Garden Acres, CA a good place to live?
Garden Acres grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #593 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Garden Acres, CA expensive?
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($92,179 across the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.