Carson vs Hawthorne

A side-by-side comparison of Carson and Hawthorne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carson has the higher population (93,523 vs 85,933 in Hawthorne). Carson has the higher median household income ($107,391 vs $72,719 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($813,700 vs $645,600 in Carson).

Population, income & housing

	Carson	Hawthorne
Population	93,523	85,933
Median age	41.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,391	$72,719
Median home value	$645,600	$813,700
Median gross rent	$1,914	$1,723
Housing units	27,713	31,056
Homeownership rate	74.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson	Hawthorne
Population	92,079 → 93,523 (+1.6%)	87,107 → 85,933 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$82,305 → $107,391 (+30.5%)	$54,215 → $72,719 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$462,600 → $645,600 (+39.6%)	$564,300 → $813,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,524 → $1,914 (+25.6%)	$1,261 → $1,723 (+36.6%)

Carson

Population

92,07993,523

Median household income

$82,305$107,391

Median home value

$462,600$645,600

Median gross rent

$1,524$1,914

Hawthorne

Population

87,10785,933

Median household income

$54,215$72,719

Median home value

$564,300$813,700

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson	Hawthorne
Under 5	4.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.0%
75 and over	7.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson	Hawthorne
White (non-Hispanic)	6.4%	9.5%
Black or African American	22.3%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	26.6%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson	Hawthorne
No high school diploma	16.5%	21.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson	Hawthorne
Drove alone	78.2%	70.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.5%
Public transit	1.7%	4.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.4%
Other means	2.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson	Hawthorne
1-unit, detached	72.0%	26.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	22.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carson	Hawthorne
Poverty rate	9.0%	16.4%
Average household size	3.48	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1965	1972