Acton vs South San Gabriel

A side-by-side comparison of Acton and South San Gabriel: population, income, housing, and more.

Acton and South San Gabriel are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South San Gabriel has the higher population (8,084 vs 7,721 in Acton). Acton has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $76,921 in South San Gabriel). Acton has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $655,400 in South San Gabriel).

Population, income & housing

	Acton	South San Gabriel
Population	7,721	8,084
Median age	45.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$76,921
Median home value	$695,300	$655,400
Median gross rent	$1,755	$2,059
Housing units	2,887	2,416
Homeownership rate	94.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acton	South San Gabriel
Population	7,232 → 7,721 (+6.8%)	8,138 → 8,084 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$97,857 → $110,000 (+12.4%)	$70,000 → $76,921 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$559,600 → $695,300 (+24.2%)	$521,600 → $655,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,535 → $1,755 (+14.3%)	$1,612 → $2,059 (+27.7%)

Acton

Population

7,2327,721

Median household income

$97,857$110,000

Median home value

$559,600$695,300

Median gross rent

$1,535$1,755

South San Gabriel

Population

8,1388,084

Median household income

$70,000$76,921

Median home value

$521,600$655,400

Median gross rent

$1,612$2,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acton	South San Gabriel
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	12.7%
75 and over	4.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acton	South San Gabriel
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	6.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	69.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acton	South San Gabriel
No high school diploma	6.7%	23.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acton	South San Gabriel
Drove alone	68.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.1%	12.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acton	South San Gabriel
1-unit, detached	90.9%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Acton	South San Gabriel
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.88	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	48	27
Median year structure built	1986	1965