Alhambra vs Bellflower

A side-by-side comparison of Alhambra and Bellflower: population, income, housing, and more.

Alhambra and Bellflower are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alhambra has the higher population (81,483 vs 77,396 in Bellflower). Alhambra has the higher median household income ($85,189 vs $77,602 in Bellflower). Alhambra has the higher median home value ($812,700 vs $661,100 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra	Bellflower
Population	81,483	77,396
Median age	41.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,189	$77,602
Median home value	$812,700	$661,100
Median gross rent	$1,852	$1,771
Housing units	32,130	24,499
Homeownership rate	42.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra	Bellflower
Population	84,647 → 81,483 (-3.7%)	77,195 → 77,396 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$61,384 → $85,189 (+38.8%)	$60,011 → $77,602 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$612,700 → $812,700 (+32.6%)	$458,600 → $661,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $1,852 (+29.0%)	$1,368 → $1,771 (+29.5%)

Alhambra

Population

84,64781,483

Median household income

$61,384$85,189

Median home value

$612,700$812,700

Median gross rent

$1,436$1,852

Bellflower

Population

77,19577,396

Median household income

$60,011$77,602

Median home value

$458,600$661,100

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra	Bellflower
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.5%
75 and over	8.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra	Bellflower
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	12.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	50.8%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	60.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra	Bellflower
No high school diploma	16.4%	21.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra	Bellflower
Drove alone	71.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.4%
Public transit	2.6%	2.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra	Bellflower
1-unit, detached	41.8%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	11.9%
20 or more units	11.7%	20.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Alhambra	Bellflower
Poverty rate	12.3%	13.2%
Average household size	2.68	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1960	1966