Alhambra vs Lakewood

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

Alhambra and Lakewood 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 80,510 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($116,794 vs $85,189 in Alhambra). Alhambra has the higher median home value ($812,700 vs $774,100 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra	Lakewood
Population	81,483	80,510
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,189	$116,794
Median home value	$812,700	$774,100
Median gross rent	$1,852	$2,324
Housing units	32,130	26,709
Homeownership rate	42.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra	Lakewood
Population	84,647 → 81,483 (-3.7%)	80,292 → 80,510 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$61,384 → $85,189 (+38.8%)	$93,432 → $116,794 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$612,700 → $812,700 (+32.6%)	$568,600 → $774,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $1,852 (+29.0%)	$1,839 → $2,324 (+26.4%)

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

Lakewood

Population

80,29280,510

Median household income

$93,432$116,794

Median home value

$568,600$774,100

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra	Lakewood
Under 5	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.5%
75 and over	8.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	32.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	50.8%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	36.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra	Lakewood
No high school diploma	16.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra	Lakewood
Drove alone	71.6%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.7%
Public transit	2.6%	1.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.3%	12.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	41.8%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	11.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Alhambra	Lakewood
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.9%
Average household size	2.68	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1960	1957