Arcadia vs Paramount

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

Arcadia and Paramount 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 52,546 in Paramount). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($116,142 vs $70,912 in Paramount). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($1,336,500 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Paramount
Population	55,550	52,546
Median age	43.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$116,142	$70,912
Median home value	$1,336,500	$500,400
Median gross rent	$2,118	$1,772
Housing units	20,948	14,585
Homeownership rate	58.5%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Paramount
Population	58,152 → 55,550 (-4.5%)	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$93,574 → $116,142 (+24.1%)	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$1,097,600 → $1,336,500 (+21.8%)	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,118 (+27.4%)	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)

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

Paramount

Population

54,51352,546

Median household income

$55,670$70,912

Median home value

$343,800$500,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Paramount
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.0%
75 and over	9.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Paramount
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	4.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	57.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Paramount
No high school diploma	6.8%	34.1%
High school graduate	15.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Paramount
Drove alone	63.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.8%
Public transit	1.9%	3.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	6.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Paramount
1-unit, detached	58.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	12.2%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Paramount
Poverty rate	7.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.83	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1965	1970