Bell Gardens vs San Gabriel

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

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

San Gabriel has the higher population (38,764 vs 38,661 in Bell Gardens). San Gabriel has the higher median household income ($87,592 vs $55,372 in Bell Gardens). San Gabriel has the higher median home value ($899,000 vs $527,900 in Bell Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
Population	38,661	38,764
Median age	32.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,372	$87,592
Median home value	$527,900	$899,000
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,874
Housing units	9,957	13,726
Homeownership rate	21.2%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
Population	42,421 → 38,661 (-8.9%)	40,143 → 38,764 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$42,223 → $55,372 (+31.1%)	$62,541 → $87,592 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$388,100 → $527,900 (+36.0%)	$680,700 → $899,000 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,658 (+32.4%)	$1,486 → $1,874 (+26.1%)

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

San Gabriel

Population

40,14338,764

Median household income

$62,541$87,592

Median home value

$680,700$899,000

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.0%
75 and over	3.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	9.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	58.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
No high school diploma	47.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
Drove alone	73.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.5%
Public transit	3.1%	2.1%
Walked	3.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
1-unit, detached	55.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	16.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bell Gardens	San Gabriel
Poverty rate	21.8%	12.3%
Average household size	3.91	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1959	1956