Avocado Heights vs San Marino

A side-by-side comparison of Avocado Heights and San Marino: population, income, housing, and more.

Avocado Heights and San Marino are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avocado Heights has the higher population (12,934 vs 12,279 in San Marino). San Marino has the higher median household income ($187,633 vs $95,000 in Avocado Heights). San Marino has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $668,700 in Avocado Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
Population	12,934	12,279
Median age	38.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$187,633
Median home value	$668,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,002	$3,501
Housing units	3,687	4,363
Homeownership rate	74.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	80.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
Population	15,426 → 12,934 (-16.2%)	13,194 → 12,279 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$75,142 → $95,000 (+26.4%)	$166,607 → $187,633 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$478,800 → $668,700 (+39.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $2,002 (+36.4%)	$3,293 → $3,501 (+6.3%)

Avocado Heights

Population

15,42612,934

Median household income

$75,142$95,000

Median home value

$478,800$668,700

Median gross rent

$1,468$2,002

San Marino

Population

13,19412,279

Median household income

$166,607$187,633

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,293$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.2%
75 and over	6.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	20.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	68.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
No high school diploma	24.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	25.6%	4.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	42.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
Drove alone	78.1%	57.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.1%
Public transit	2.6%	5.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	25.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
1-unit, detached	88.0%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avocado Heights	San Marino
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.8%
Average household size	3.57	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1964	1943