Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Garden Grove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Garden Grove report 79 jobs, against 281 working residents. Hardly any stay in Garden Grove for work; outside it, Spring Hill is the main destination (11%, 6 miles). The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Garden Grove, in a few figures
Who leaves Garden Grove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Garden Grove on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Garden Grove work
Where Garden Grove clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 68% of the jobs in Garden Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden Grove, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 79. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garden Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Garden Grove: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garden Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Garden Grove goes to work
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Garden Grove
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove | – | — | — | 32 min | $71,033 |
| Masaryktown | under 2% | B− | B− | 36 min | $60,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garden Grove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Garden Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Garden Grove?
$71,033 (±$24,937) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garden Grove?
23.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garden Grove?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garden Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Hill (11%, 6 mi), Brooksville (9%, 4 mi), Tampa (8%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garden Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garden Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.