Carson vs Norwalk

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (100,713 vs 93,523 in Carson). Carson has the higher median household income ($107,391 vs $98,709 in Norwalk). Carson has the higher median home value ($645,600 vs $616,600 in Norwalk).

Population, income & housing

	Carson	Norwalk
Population	93,523	100,713
Median age	41.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,391	$98,709
Median home value	$645,600	$616,600
Median gross rent	$1,914	$2,014
Housing units	27,713	27,346
Homeownership rate	74.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson	Norwalk
Population	92,079 → 93,523 (+1.6%)	105,304 → 100,713 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$82,305 → $107,391 (+30.5%)	$70,667 → $98,709 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$462,600 → $645,600 (+39.6%)	$440,800 → $616,600 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,524 → $1,914 (+25.6%)	$1,592 → $2,014 (+26.5%)

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

Norwalk

Population

105,304100,713

Median household income

$70,667$98,709

Median home value

$440,800$616,600

Median gross rent

$1,592$2,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson	Norwalk
Under 5	4.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.2%
75 and over	7.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	6.4%	11.1%
Black or African American	22.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	26.6%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	69.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson	Norwalk
No high school diploma	16.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson	Norwalk
Drove alone	78.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.9%
Public transit	1.7%	1.8%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	72.0%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	7.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Carson	Norwalk
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.7%
Average household size	3.48	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1965	1957