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A town of 1,806.

Population
1,806
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$165K
Census ACS
Household income
$56K
median
Median age
30.8
years
Jobs based here
77
A commuter town

Is Home Garden a good place to live?

Home Garden’s weakest subject grade is a D− for health. Home Garden’s July high is 98°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. On health, just 13 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Home Garden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

WeakestD−HealthDHazard riskCJobs & income
A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Home Garden for work

Where Home Garden’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

24% → Hanford Hanford 24% 8% → Visalia Visalia 8% 5% → Fresno Fresno 5% 3% → Lemoore Lemoore 3% 2% → Corcoran Corcoran 2% 2% → Los Angeles Los Angeles 2% Home Garden · 2% stay
77jobs based in Home Garden
2%of working residents work in town
18 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Home Garden grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Home Garden is from typical.

How grading works

HealthLess healthy than 98% of U.S. towns; Adventist Health Hanford 1.1 miles awayD−Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listDOpen →Jobs & incomeCOpen →Cost of livingTypical home $165K, 2.3 years of the Hanford metro’s $71K median household incomeBOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 11.7 of 20; 3.1% of households have no car; 0.3% of workers walk, bike or ride transitB−Open →SchoolsBeat 54% of California districts on tests and graduationB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
OutdoorsConserved land, trails and parksC−Open →HistoryDOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 30.8; 3% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Home Garden: who provides what

Home Garden is unincorporated, so Kings County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerSouthern California Edison31.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterHome Garden Csd water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesKings CountyKings County provides services here
SchoolsHanford Joint Union High School DistrictLakeside Union Elementary School District2 districts serve Home Garden; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereCounty of Kings ElectionsKings County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2025
ZIP code9323093230 100%Census 2020

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 Home Garden.

HealthD−

A larger share of adults say their health is fair or poor in Home Garden than in most of California or the rest of the country

41% of Home Garden adults say their health is fair or poor, above both California’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (19%). 21% of Home Garden adults report frequent physical distress. Home Garden beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22.

2%healthier than U.S. townsD−Health Grade
Home GardenCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)41%22%19%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)18%12%12%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)22%17%17%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)21%14%14%
32 measures vs. California
1 better9 too close to call22 worse
What stands outHome GardenCA
Fewer adults who have had cancer4.6%6.4%
More adults facing a utility shut-off19.1%7.3%
Adventist Health Hanford
1.1 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
Full pageHome Garden’s health reportOpen the page
Everyday habitsMore smokersHospitals & doctors nearby1.1 miles to an ER · Adventist Health HanfordHow adults are doingMore adults in fair or poor healthEvery CDC estimateBetter than CA on 1 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

87risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
87Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingEarthquakesHeat waves
Full pageHome Garden’s hazards pageOpen the page
What it facesVery high riskFlood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on recordPast disasters16 disaster declarations · Declared for the countyGet ready1.2 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade C

Most of Home Garden’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them

Most working residents leave Home Garden for work: only 2% work in town. The median household income in Home Garden is $56,000. Jobs based in Home Garden fell to 77 in 2023, 36 fewer than in 2013.

2%work in town
Home GardenCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median household income$56,000$95,000$80,000
Below the poverty line15%10%9.6%
Working residents who work in town1.5%6.6%8%
Average trip to work28 minutes28 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Home Garden2%
Hanford24%
Visalia8%
Fresno5%
Lemoore3%
18 mi
median commute distance
77
jobs based in Home Garden
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns
Full pageHome Garden’s work & commute pageOpen the page
The jobs here77 jobs based here · A commuter townWhere people work2% work in Home GardenCommute times28 minutes · The average commuteHow far they goHalf commute less than 18 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers in Home Garden

Home Garden has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Home Garden’s January low is 38°F.

98°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter39–58°
Spring49–76°
Summer64–96°
Fall51–79°
Dec 1
typical first frost
Feb 7
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
98°
typical summer high
Full pageHome Garden’s climate pageOpen the page
A year of weatherJuly highs 98°, January lows 38°Rain & snow8″ of rain a year · Snow is almost unheard ofHeating & coolingBoth heating and coolingThen and now+1.7° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HousingCost of living grade B

A home in Home Garden sells for about $303K at the median

61% of households own their home in Home Garden.

$303Kmedian sale price
Home GardenCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median rent$1,166 a month$1,896 a month$1,185 a month
Households that own their home61%64%73%
1
homes sold in May
Full pageHome Garden’s housing & cost-of-living pageOpen the page
Prices over the yearsPrices over the yearsYears of income to buyA typical home costs 5.4 years of incomeRents$1,166 a month · Median rentVs. the neighborsAhead of its graded neighbor

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Home Garden

15pages on Home Garden
The big questions
SchoolsB−Beat 54% of CA districtsHealthD−Better than CA on 1 of 32 CDC measuresCost of livingBWork & commuteC$56K median household income · 77 jobs hereNatural hazardsDFEMA risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities · inland flooding
Out and about
PlacesAttractions14 nearby · Tulare Lake 18 miLibraryHanford LibraryCollegesLemoore College is 10.4 mi away
The story
Climate98° summer highs
Day to day
NewsWeatherHandbookTown SquareNeighbors
After high school

Colleges nearby

2 within 15 miles of the center of Home Garden

Lemoore CollegeCommunity college · Public · Lemoore10.4 mi$1,384 in-state tuitionSan Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Visalia14.1 mi

About 4 of every 100 Home Garden residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

About Home Garden

Census-designated place in California, United States

Home Garden is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kings County, California, United States. The community is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the city of Hanford. It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,653 at the 2020 United States census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
0.4 sq mi
Elevation
246 ft
Area code
559

Home Garden’s neighbors

One town shares a border with Home Garden.

Explore the map →
HanfordHanfordHome Garden
Hanford
NW · 24% of Home Garden workers commute here
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How the neighbors grade
TownCA rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Home Garden——B—B−D−
Hanford#569DDCBC+

Home Garden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Home Garden reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Home Garden with a neighbor →

Questions about Home Garden

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Home Garden, CA expensive?

The typical home is worth about $165,000, 78% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.