Charter Oak vs East Whittier

A side-by-side comparison of Charter Oak and East Whittier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Whittier has the higher population (10,061 vs 9,414 in Charter Oak). East Whittier has the higher median household income ($105,104 vs $84,101 in Charter Oak). East Whittier has the higher median home value ($750,700 vs $601,900 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
Population	9,414	10,061
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,101	$105,104
Median home value	$601,900	$750,700
Median gross rent	$1,838	$1,725
Housing units	3,265	3,431
Homeownership rate	61.4%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
Population	10,048 → 9,414 (-6.3%)	10,356 → 10,061 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$74,503 → $84,101 (+12.9%)	$76,373 → $105,104 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$423,400 → $601,900 (+42.2%)	$584,400 → $750,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,804 → $1,838 (+1.9%)	$1,491 → $1,725 (+15.7%)

Charter Oak

Population

10,0489,414

Median household income

$74,503$84,101

Median home value

$423,400$601,900

Median gross rent

$1,804$1,838

East Whittier

Population

10,35610,061

Median household income

$76,373$105,104

Median home value

$584,400$750,700

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.4%
75 and over	4.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	31.1%
Black or African American	9.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	9.6%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	60.1%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
No high school diploma	12.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	25.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
Drove alone	72.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.8%	9.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
1-unit, detached	48.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	14.9%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	East Whittier
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1971	1964