Arcadia vs South Whittier

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

Arcadia and South Whittier 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 55,201 in South Whittier). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($116,142 vs $98,974 in South Whittier). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($1,336,500 vs $641,700 in South Whittier).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	South Whittier
Population	55,550	55,201
Median age	43.2 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$116,142	$98,974
Median home value	$1,336,500	$641,700
Median gross rent	$2,118	$1,823
Housing units	20,948	15,685
Homeownership rate	58.5%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	South Whittier
Population	58,152 → 55,550 (-4.5%)	60,357 → 55,201 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$93,574 → $116,142 (+24.1%)	$71,458 → $98,974 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$1,097,600 → $1,336,500 (+21.8%)	$474,800 → $641,700 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,118 (+27.4%)	$1,536 → $1,823 (+18.7%)

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

South Whittier

Population

60,35755,201

Median household income

$71,458$98,974

Median home value

$474,800$641,700

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	South Whittier
Under 5	4.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.9%
75 and over	9.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	South Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	12.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	57.2%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	78.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	South Whittier
No high school diploma	6.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	15.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	South Whittier
Drove alone	63.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.2%	7.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	South Whittier
1-unit, detached	58.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	12.2%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	South Whittier
Poverty rate	7.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.83	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1965	1957