Citrus vs East Whittier

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

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

Citrus has the higher population (10,813 vs 10,061 in East Whittier). East Whittier has the higher median household income ($105,104 vs $101,179 in Citrus). East Whittier has the higher median home value ($750,700 vs $614,200 in Citrus).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus	East Whittier
Population	10,813	10,061
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,179	$105,104
Median home value	$614,200	$750,700
Median gross rent	$2,204	$1,725
Housing units	2,714	3,431
Homeownership rate	69.9%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus	East Whittier
Population	10,150 → 10,813 (+6.5%)	10,356 → 10,061 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$78,865 → $101,179 (+28.3%)	$76,373 → $105,104 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$425,800 → $614,200 (+44.2%)	$584,400 → $750,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,863 → $2,204 (+18.3%)	$1,491 → $1,725 (+15.7%)

Citrus

Population

10,15010,813

Median household income

$78,865$101,179

Median home value

$425,800$614,200

Median gross rent

$1,863$2,204

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)

	Citrus	East Whittier
Under 5	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.4%
75 and over	3.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus	East Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	31.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	78.9%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus	East Whittier
No high school diploma	24.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus	East Whittier
Drove alone	72.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	9.9%
Public transit	1.8%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus	East Whittier
1-unit, detached	88.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Citrus	East Whittier
Poverty rate	9.3%	4.3%
Average household size	3.97	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1957	1964