2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Garden Grove, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Lake Forest is 4.5% shorter than it is for residents of Garden Grove.
- 115.9% more residents of Lake Forest work from home compared to residents of Garden Grove.
 Garden Grove, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock2527
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 Garden Grove, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)76.5%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock8.2%8.6%
 Mass Transit1.6%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.7%0.5%
 Walk1.1%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock15.1%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Garden Grove, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.0.9%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock9.5%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.9.7%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock16.2%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.15.4%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock8.2%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.20.9%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock2.5%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.4.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock6.0%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.7.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.8%2.9%
Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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