Arcadia vs Monterey Park

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

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

Monterey Park has the higher population (59,639 vs 55,550 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($116,142 vs $77,605 in Monterey Park). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($1,336,500 vs $818,300 in Monterey Park).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
Population	55,550	59,639
Median age	43.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$116,142	$77,605
Median home value	$1,336,500	$818,300
Median gross rent	$2,118	$1,845
Housing units	20,948	22,081
Homeownership rate	58.5%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
Population	58,152 → 55,550 (-4.5%)	60,439 → 59,639 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$93,574 → $116,142 (+24.1%)	$61,819 → $77,605 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$1,097,600 → $1,336,500 (+21.8%)	$616,000 → $818,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,118 (+27.4%)	$1,400 → $1,845 (+31.8%)

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

Monterey Park

Population

60,43959,639

Median household income

$61,819$77,605

Median home value

$616,000$818,300

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
Under 5	4.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.4%
75 and over	9.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	5.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	57.2%	64.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
No high school diploma	6.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	15.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
Drove alone	63.8%	65.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.2%
Public transit	1.9%	2.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	21.2%	15.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
1-unit, detached	58.2%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	11.6%
20 or more units	12.2%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Monterey Park
Poverty rate	7.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1965	1963