Bell vs Lawndale

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

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

Bell has the higher population (32,830 vs 31,113 in Lawndale). Lawndale has the higher median household income ($83,538 vs $60,641 in Bell). Lawndale has the higher median home value ($726,000 vs $561,400 in Bell).

Population, income & housing

	Bell	Lawndale
Population	32,830	31,113
Median age	33.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,641	$83,538
Median home value	$561,400	$726,000
Median gross rent	$1,538	$1,847
Housing units	9,088	10,348
Homeownership rate	26.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell	Lawndale
Population	35,682 → 32,830 (-8.0%)	32,819 → 31,113 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$44,327 → $60,641 (+36.8%)	$62,013 → $83,538 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$413,400 → $561,400 (+35.8%)	$518,000 → $726,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,538 (+29.0%)	$1,475 → $1,847 (+25.2%)

Bell

Population

35,68232,830

Median household income

$44,327$60,641

Median home value

$413,400$561,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,538

Lawndale

Population

32,81931,113

Median household income

$62,013$83,538

Median home value

$518,000$726,000

Median gross rent

$1,475$1,847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell	Lawndale
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.7%
75 and over	4.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell	Lawndale
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	14.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	67.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell	Lawndale
No high school diploma	42.5%	26.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell	Lawndale
Drove alone	75.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.7%
Public transit	4.6%	1.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.3%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell	Lawndale
1-unit, detached	47.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	10.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bell	Lawndale
Poverty rate	22.8%	12.3%
Average household size	3.64	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1956	1965