Bell Gardens vs Claremont

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Gardens and Claremont: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Gardens and Claremont are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bell Gardens has the higher population (38,661 vs 36,553 in Claremont). Claremont has the higher median household income ($122,127 vs $55,372 in Bell Gardens). Claremont has the higher median home value ($870,800 vs $527,900 in Bell Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
Population	38,661	36,553
Median age	32.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,372	$122,127
Median home value	$527,900	$870,800
Median gross rent	$1,658	$2,125
Housing units	9,957	12,785
Homeownership rate	21.2%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
Population	42,421 → 38,661 (-8.9%)	36,090 → 36,553 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$42,223 → $55,372 (+31.1%)	$101,420 → $122,127 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$388,100 → $527,900 (+36.0%)	$672,500 → $870,800 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,658 (+32.4%)	$1,561 → $2,125 (+36.1%)

Bell Gardens

Population

42,42138,661

Median household income

$42,223$55,372

Median home value

$388,100$527,900

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,658

Claremont

Population

36,09036,553

Median household income

$101,420$122,127

Median home value

$672,500$870,800

Median gross rent

$1,561$2,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
Under 5	5.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	17.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.4%
75 and over	3.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	46.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
No high school diploma	47.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
Drove alone	73.6%	57.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.0%
Public transit	3.1%	1.5%
Walked	3.8%	9.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.2%	22.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
1-unit, detached	55.2%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.4%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bell Gardens	Claremont
Poverty rate	21.8%	5.9%
Average household size	3.91	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1959	1966