Alhambra vs Whittier

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

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

Whittier has the higher population (85,925 vs 81,483 in Alhambra). Whittier has the higher median household income ($92,374 vs $85,189 in Alhambra). Alhambra has the higher median home value ($812,700 vs $751,700 in Whittier).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra	Whittier
Population	81,483	85,925
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,189	$92,374
Median home value	$812,700	$751,700
Median gross rent	$1,852	$1,829
Housing units	32,130	29,185
Homeownership rate	42.0%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra	Whittier
Population	84,647 → 81,483 (-3.7%)	86,090 → 85,925 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$61,384 → $85,189 (+38.8%)	$77,270 → $92,374 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$612,700 → $812,700 (+32.6%)	$574,400 → $751,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $1,852 (+29.0%)	$1,354 → $1,829 (+35.1%)

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

Whittier

Population

86,09085,925

Median household income

$77,270$92,374

Median home value

$574,400$751,700

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra	Whittier
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.1%
75 and over	8.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra	Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	23.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	50.8%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	66.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra	Whittier
No high school diploma	16.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra	Whittier
Drove alone	71.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.3%
Public transit	2.6%	1.7%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra	Whittier
1-unit, detached	41.8%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	13.1%
20 or more units	11.7%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Alhambra	Whittier
Poverty rate	12.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.68	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1960	1956