Garnet

History

In 1875, Garnet was a railroad station for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Since then, it has had various names: Palms (original name), Seven Palms (1889), Palm Springs (1900), Pierce (1906), Gray (1917), Noria (1918), and finally Garnet (1923).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km2), all land.

Demographics

Garnet first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Garnet had a population of 7,118 and a population density of 902.8 inhabitants per square mile (348.6/km2). The median age was 33.1 years; 29.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.1% were 65 years of age or older. The age distribution was 10.4% aged 18 to 24, 26.3% aged 25 to 44, and 23.2% aged 45 to 64. For every 100 females, there were 102.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.2 males age 18 and over.

93.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 6.1% lived in rural areas. The census reported that 99.5% of the population lived in households, 1 person (0.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 32 people (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 2,083 households in Garnet, of which 44.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.3% were married-couple households, 9.6% were cohabiting couple households, 18.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 21.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.4. There were 1,575 families (75.6% of all households).

There were 2,372 housing units at an average density of 300.9 units per square mile (116.2 units/km2), of which 2,083 (87.8%) were occupied. Of these, 73.1% were owner-occupied, and 26.9% were occupied by renters. About 12.2% of housing units were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 2.9%.

Demographic estimates

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 43.0% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 24.5% spoke only English at home, 74.0% spoke Spanish, 1.2% spoke other Indo-European languages, 0.1% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 0.2% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 60.5% were high school graduates and 8.8% had a bachelor's degree.

Income and poverty

The median household income was $63,082, and the per capita income was $22,985. About 14.8% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the poverty line.