Altadena vs Rancho Palos Verdes

A side-by-side comparison of Altadena and Rancho Palos Verdes: population, income, housing, and more.

Altadena and Rancho Palos Verdes 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 41,259 in Rancho Palos Verdes). Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher median household income ($175,307 vs $129,123 in Altadena). Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher median home value ($1,541,400 vs $1,073,500 in Altadena).

Population, income & housing

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
Population	41,921	41,259
Median age	46.2 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$129,123	$175,307
Median home value	$1,073,500	$1,541,400
Median gross rent	$2,250	$3,501
Housing units	15,744	16,612
Homeownership rate	78.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	69.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
Population	44,850 → 41,921 (-6.5%)	42,030 → 41,259 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$98,693 → $129,123 (+30.8%)	$138,557 → $175,307 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$742,800 → $1,073,500 (+44.5%)	$1,156,700 → $1,541,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,692 → $2,250 (+33.0%)	$2,643 → $3,501 (+32.5%)

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

Rancho Palos Verdes

Population

42,03041,259

Median household income

$138,557$175,307

Median home value

$1,156,700$1,541,400

Median gross rent

$2,643$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
Under 5	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.4%
75 and over	10.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	46.5%
Black or African American	17.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	31.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	14.9%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
Drove alone	65.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.8%
Public transit	1.5%	1.5%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.4%	23.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
1-unit, detached	87.5%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.4%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Altadena	Rancho Palos Verdes
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1945	1967