Altadena vs Rowland Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Altadena and Rowland Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rowland Heights has the higher population (46,787 vs 41,921 in Altadena). Altadena has the higher median household income ($129,123 vs $85,202 in Rowland Heights). Altadena has the higher median home value ($1,073,500 vs $812,900 in Rowland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
Population	41,921	46,787
Median age	46.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,123	$85,202
Median home value	$1,073,500	$812,900
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,929
Housing units	15,744	15,731
Homeownership rate	78.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
Population	44,850 → 41,921 (-6.5%)	50,347 → 46,787 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$98,693 → $129,123 (+30.8%)	$75,587 → $85,202 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$742,800 → $1,073,500 (+44.5%)	$637,900 → $812,900 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,692 → $2,250 (+33.0%)	$1,613 → $1,929 (+19.6%)

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

Rowland Heights

Population

50,34746,787

Median household income

$75,587$85,202

Median home value

$637,900$812,900

Median gross rent

$1,613$1,929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.8%
75 and over	10.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	6.4%
Black or African American	17.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.3%	59.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	30.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
No high school diploma	7.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	14.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
Drove alone	65.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.8%
Public transit	1.5%	1.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.4%	12.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
1-unit, detached	87.5%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Altadena	Rowland Heights
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.73	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1945	1976