Bellflower vs Whittier

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

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

Whittier has the higher population (85,925 vs 77,396 in Bellflower). Whittier has the higher median household income ($92,374 vs $77,602 in Bellflower). Whittier has the higher median home value ($751,700 vs $661,100 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Whittier
Population	77,396	85,925
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,602	$92,374
Median home value	$661,100	$751,700
Median gross rent	$1,771	$1,829
Housing units	24,499	29,185
Homeownership rate	38.1%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Whittier
Population	77,195 → 77,396 (+0.3%)	86,090 → 85,925 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$60,011 → $77,602 (+29.3%)	$77,270 → $92,374 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$458,600 → $661,100 (+44.2%)	$574,400 → $751,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,771 (+29.5%)	$1,354 → $1,829 (+35.1%)

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

Whittier

Population

86,09085,925

Median household income

$77,270$92,374

Median home value

$574,400$751,700

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Whittier
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.1%
75 and over	4.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	23.1%
Black or African American	11.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	11.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	66.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Whittier
No high school diploma	21.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Whittier
Drove alone	74.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Whittier
1-unit, detached	48.5%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	13.1%
20 or more units	20.2%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Whittier
Poverty rate	13.2%	8.8%
Average household size	3.23	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1966	1956