Arcadia vs Gardena

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

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

Gardena has the higher population (59,765 vs 55,550 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($116,142 vs $79,291 in Gardena). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($1,336,500 vs $667,600 in Gardena).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Gardena
Population	55,550	59,765
Median age	43.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,142	$79,291
Median home value	$1,336,500	$667,600
Median gross rent	$2,118	$1,761
Housing units	20,948	22,044
Homeownership rate	58.5%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Gardena
Population	58,152 → 55,550 (-4.5%)	59,709 → 59,765 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$93,574 → $116,142 (+24.1%)	$58,447 → $79,291 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$1,097,600 → $1,336,500 (+21.8%)	$474,700 → $667,600 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,118 (+27.4%)	$1,309 → $1,761 (+34.5%)

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

Gardena

Population

59,70959,765

Median household income

$58,447$79,291

Median home value

$474,700$667,600

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Gardena
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.7%
75 and over	9.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Gardena
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	7.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	57.2%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Gardena
No high school diploma	6.8%	18.8%
High school graduate	15.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Gardena
Drove alone	63.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.7%
Public transit	1.9%	2.7%
Walked	1.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	8.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Gardena
1-unit, detached	58.2%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	17.6%
20 or more units	12.2%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Gardena
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1965	1964