Alhambra vs Hawthorne

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

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

Hawthorne has the higher population (85,933 vs 81,483 in Alhambra). Alhambra has the higher median household income ($85,189 vs $72,719 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($813,700 vs $812,700 in Alhambra).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
Population	81,483	85,933
Median age	41.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,189	$72,719
Median home value	$812,700	$813,700
Median gross rent	$1,852	$1,723
Housing units	32,130	31,056
Homeownership rate	42.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
Population	84,647 → 81,483 (-3.7%)	87,107 → 85,933 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$61,384 → $85,189 (+38.8%)	$54,215 → $72,719 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$612,700 → $812,700 (+32.6%)	$564,300 → $813,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $1,852 (+29.0%)	$1,261 → $1,723 (+36.6%)

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

Hawthorne

Population

87,10785,933

Median household income

$54,215$72,719

Median home value

$564,300$813,700

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.0%
75 and over	8.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	9.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	50.8%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
No high school diploma	16.4%	21.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
Drove alone	71.6%	70.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.5%
Public transit	2.6%	4.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
1-unit, detached	41.8%	26.6%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	22.5%
20 or more units	11.7%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Alhambra	Hawthorne
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1960	1972