Garden Grove, CA Average Home Price (2026)
The average home price in Garden Grove is about $975,000 (the 2026 median, at ~$629/sq ft) — 237% more expensive than the typical U.S. home. Below: average prices by home size, what it costs to live here, and a free estimator for your own address.
Thinking of moving to Garden Grove?
Garden Grove sits in Orange County, where the typical home runs $1,197,000.
Here’s what the numbers say about housing costs in Garden Grove. A typical home runs about $975,000, which is 237% more expensive than the national median and 42% more expensive than the California average. At roughly $629 per square foot, a median budget here buys you around 1,550 sq ft of home.
Prices swing a lot by neighborhood: across Garden Grove’s 5 ZIP codes, the most affordable is 92844 (~$941,000) and the priciest is 92845 (~$1,111,000) — roughly a 1.2× difference. If you’re relocating, that spread is where the real budgeting happens, so it pays to target ZIP by ZIP rather than the citywide average.
Garden Grove home value by size
Using the local rate of about $629 per square foot, here’s a rough estimate by home size. Condition, lot, and exact location move these meaningfully.
| Home size | Estimated value |
|---|---|
| 1,000 sq ft | $629,000 |
| 1,500 sq ft | $943,500 |
| 2,000 sq ft | $1,258,000 |
| 2,500 sq ft | $1,572,500 |
| 3,000 sq ft | $1,887,000 |
Home value appreciation in Garden Grove
Home prices in Garden Grove have risen about 104% over the last 10 years (≈7.4% a year) and +92.7% over 20 years, according to the FHFA house price index through 2025. The most recent year came in at +3.0% — still rising. A home worth $975,000 today was worth roughly $477,239 ten years ago.
See where that trend takes a specific home with the home appreciation calculator — statewide, California is +80.3% over the same 10 years. Past appreciation is a track record, not a forecast; local prices can fall.
Calculators for Garden Grove
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Salary needed to buy a home in Garden Grove
To buy the typical $975,000 home in Garden Grove with 20% down, you need a household income of roughly $265,000 a year (about $6,190 a month for the mortgage, taxes, and insurance). With 10% down the bar rises to about $315,000, because the loan is bigger and mortgage insurance kicks in.
| Down payment | Cash down | Monthly payment | Income needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% (+PMI) | $48,800 | $7,690/mo | $330,000/yr |
| 10% (+PMI) | $97,500 | $7,350/mo | $315,000/yr |
| 20% | $195,000 | $6,190/mo | $265,000/yr |
Assumes a 30-year fixed mortgage at 6.5%, property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.45% of value per year, PMI of 0.75% on loans with less than 20% down, and the standard 28% housing-to-income rule. Your rate, taxes, and HOA will move these — run your own numbers in the mortgage calculator.
What your budget buys in Garden Grove
At about $629 per square foot, here is roughly how much home different budgets get you in Garden Grove:
| Budget | Approx. size | What that looks like locally |
|---|---|---|
| $500k | 790 sq ft | below the local median — condos, smaller or older homes |
| $600k | 950 sq ft | below the local median — condos, smaller or older homes |
| $750k | 1190 sq ft | below the local median — condos, smaller or older homes |
| $1.00M | 1590 sq ft | around the typical home here |
| $1.50M | 2380 sq ft | above the median — larger homes or the pricier ZIPs |
Wondering where that budget goes further? The relocation calculator ranks hundreds of U.S. cities by what the same money buys — it opens pre-filled with a typical Garden Grove home so you can see where a Garden Grove budget goes further.
Garden Grove home prices by ZIP code
Every Garden Grove ZIP code we track, from the priciest to the most affordable. Click a ZIP for its own page with price per square foot, value by home size, and the salary needed to buy there.
| ZIP code | Typical home value | $ / sq ft | vs Garden Grove median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92845 | $1,111,000 | $674 | +14% |
| 92841 | $1,021,000 | $642 | +5% |
| 92840 | $975,000 | $618 | +0% |
| 92843 | $967,000 | $629 | -1% |
| 92844 | $941,000 | $546 | -3% |
Moving to Garden Grove from somewhere else? Compare your current home against Garden Grove prices — enter your ZIP and the calculator shows whether your budget buys more or less here.
Living in Garden Grove: what to know before you move
Home prices tell you what it costs to buy in Garden Grove, but daily life depends on much more. On housing alone, a typical home here runs $975,000 (~$629/sq ft), 237% more expensive than the national median — making Garden Grove relatively expensive to buy in. That’s usually the biggest line in a household budget, but it’s only part of the picture. Here’s where to research the things home values don’t capture:
- Schools. School quality varies widely by neighborhood and shapes both family life and resale value. Check Garden Grove school ratings and attendance zones on GreatSchools.
- Cost of living. Beyond the mortgage, weigh groceries, utilities, healthcare, and local taxes. Compare Garden Grove’s cost of living.
- Safety. Crime and safety differ block to block, so check local data before settling on an area. Review Garden Grove crime and safety stats.
- The bigger picture. For history, economy, climate, and local context, read about Garden Grove on Wikipedia.
We specialize in housing data; the links above go to independent sources so you can verify schools, safety, and cost of living for yourself — the details that matter most when you’re choosing where to live.
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Directional estimates from public market data (Realtor.com & Zillow research), not appraisals. Actual values vary by home and change over time.
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