Bell Gardens vs La Puente

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

Bell Gardens and La Puente 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 37,404 in La Puente). La Puente has the higher median household income ($84,811 vs $55,372 in Bell Gardens). La Puente has the higher median home value ($593,200 vs $527,900 in Bell Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
Population	38,661	37,404
Median age	32.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,372	$84,811
Median home value	$527,900	$593,200
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,788
Housing units	9,957	9,589
Homeownership rate	21.2%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
Population	42,421 → 38,661 (-8.9%)	40,020 → 37,404 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$42,223 → $55,372 (+31.1%)	$64,592 → $84,811 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$388,100 → $527,900 (+36.0%)	$419,800 → $593,200 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,658 (+32.4%)	$1,410 → $1,788 (+26.8%)

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

La Puente

Population

40,02037,404

Median household income

$64,592$84,811

Median home value

$419,800$593,200

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
Under 5	5.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.9%
75 and over	3.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	2.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.3%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	79.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
No high school diploma	47.1%	34.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
Drove alone	73.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.9%
Public transit	3.1%	2.5%
Walked	3.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.2%	4.3%
Other means	0.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
1-unit, detached	55.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bell Gardens	La Puente
Poverty rate	21.8%	9.9%
Average household size	3.91	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1959	1958