Arcadia vs Diamond Bar

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Diamond Bar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arcadia has the higher population (55,550 vs 53,750 in Diamond Bar). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($116,142 vs $106,602 in Diamond Bar). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($1,336,500 vs $867,000 in Diamond Bar).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
Population	55,550	53,750
Median age	43.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$116,142	$106,602
Median home value	$1,336,500	$867,000
Median gross rent	$2,118	$2,422
Housing units	20,948	19,000
Homeownership rate	58.5%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
Population	58,152 → 55,550 (-4.5%)	56,211 → 53,750 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$93,574 → $116,142 (+24.1%)	$99,083 → $106,602 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$1,097,600 → $1,336,500 (+21.8%)	$664,400 → $867,000 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,118 (+27.4%)	$2,071 → $2,422 (+16.9%)

Arcadia

Population

58,15255,550

Median household income

$93,574$116,142

Median home value

$1,097,600$1,336,500

Median gross rent

$1,662$2,118

Diamond Bar

Population

56,21153,750

Median household income

$99,083$106,602

Median home value

$664,400$867,000

Median gross rent

$2,071$2,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.3%
75 and over	9.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	13.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	57.2%	61.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	15.2%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
Drove alone	63.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.9%
Public transit	1.9%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	16.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
1-unit, detached	58.2%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	12.2%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Diamond Bar
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1965	1979