Altadena vs Bell Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Altadena and Bell Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altadena has the higher population (41,921 vs 38,661 in Bell Gardens). Altadena has the higher median household income ($129,123 vs $55,372 in Bell Gardens). Altadena has the higher median home value ($1,073,500 vs $527,900 in Bell Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
Population	41,921	38,661
Median age	46.2 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,123	$55,372
Median home value	$1,073,500	$527,900
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,658
Housing units	15,744	9,957
Homeownership rate	78.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
Population	44,850 → 41,921 (-6.5%)	42,421 → 38,661 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$98,693 → $129,123 (+30.8%)	$42,223 → $55,372 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$742,800 → $1,073,500 (+44.5%)	$388,100 → $527,900 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,692 → $2,250 (+33.0%)	$1,252 → $1,658 (+32.4%)

Altadena

Population

44,85041,921

Median household income

$98,693$129,123

Median home value

$742,800$1,073,500

Median gross rent

$1,692$2,250

Bell Gardens

Population

42,42138,661

Median household income

$42,223$55,372

Median home value

$388,100$527,900

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
Under 5	5.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.6%
75 and over	10.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	2.1%
Black or African American	17.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	96.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
No high school diploma	7.2%	47.1%
High school graduate	14.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
Drove alone	65.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.7%
Public transit	1.5%	3.1%
Walked	1.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	6.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
1-unit, detached	87.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Altadena	Bell Gardens
Poverty rate	7.4%	21.8%
Average household size	2.73	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1945	1959