Artesia vs El Segundo

A side-by-side comparison of Artesia and El Segundo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Segundo has the higher population (16,863 vs 16,044 in Artesia). El Segundo has the higher median household income ($149,149 vs $97,712 in Artesia). El Segundo has the higher median home value ($1,521,600 vs $763,700 in Artesia).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	El Segundo
Population	16,044	16,863
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,712	$149,149
Median home value	$763,700	$1,521,600
Median gross rent	$2,276	$2,547
Housing units	4,657	7,677
Homeownership rate	53.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	El Segundo
Population	16,758 → 16,044 (-4.3%)	16,731 → 16,863 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$67,647 → $97,712 (+44.4%)	$109,577 → $149,149 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$542,200 → $763,700 (+40.9%)	$1,094,300 → $1,521,600 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,276 (+36.9%)	$1,928 → $2,547 (+32.1%)

Artesia

Population

16,75816,044

Median household income

$67,647$97,712

Median home value

$542,200$763,700

Median gross rent

$1,662$2,276

El Segundo

Population

16,73116,863

Median household income

$109,577$149,149

Median home value

$1,094,300$1,521,600

Median gross rent

$1,928$2,547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	El Segundo
Under 5	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	19.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	El Segundo
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	55.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	42.9%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	El Segundo
No high school diploma	22.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	El Segundo
Drove alone	65.1%	62.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	2.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.5%
Walked	3.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.8%	28.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	El Segundo
1-unit, detached	72.3%	39.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	26.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	El Segundo
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.4%
Average household size	3.52	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1965	1963