Bellflower vs Redondo Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Redondo Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellflower has the higher population (77,396 vs 69,814 in Redondo Beach). Redondo Beach has the higher median household income ($144,588 vs $77,602 in Bellflower). Redondo Beach has the higher median home value ($1,225,400 vs $661,100 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
Population	77,396	69,814
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,602	$144,588
Median home value	$661,100	$1,225,400
Median gross rent	$1,771	$2,562
Housing units	24,499	30,837
Homeownership rate	38.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
Population	77,195 → 77,396 (+0.3%)	67,423 → 69,814 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$60,011 → $77,602 (+29.3%)	$113,499 → $144,588 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$458,600 → $661,100 (+44.2%)	$926,500 → $1,225,400 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,771 (+29.5%)	$2,072 → $2,562 (+23.6%)

Bellflower

Population

77,19577,396

Median household income

$60,011$77,602

Median home value

$458,600$661,100

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,771

Redondo Beach

Population

67,42369,814

Median household income

$113,499$144,588

Median home value

$926,500$1,225,400

Median gross rent

$2,072$2,562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
Under 5	5.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.3%
75 and over	4.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	56.2%
Black or African American	11.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	11.7%	17.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
No high school diploma	21.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.6%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
Drove alone	74.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.9%
Public transit	2.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.9%	26.4%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
1-unit, detached	48.5%	40.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	13.5%
20 or more units	20.2%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Redondo Beach
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.0%
Average household size	3.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1966	1972