Claremont vs La Puente

A side-by-side comparison of Claremont and La Puente: population, income, housing, and more.

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

La Puente has the higher population (37,404 vs 36,553 in Claremont). Claremont has the higher median household income ($122,127 vs $84,811 in La Puente). Claremont has the higher median home value ($870,800 vs $593,200 in La Puente).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	La Puente
Population	36,553	37,404
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$122,127	$84,811
Median home value	$870,800	$593,200
Median gross rent	$2,125	$1,788
Housing units	12,785	9,589
Homeownership rate	65.5%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	La Puente
Population	36,090 → 36,553 (+1.3%)	40,020 → 37,404 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$101,420 → $122,127 (+20.4%)	$64,592 → $84,811 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$672,500 → $870,800 (+29.5%)	$419,800 → $593,200 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $2,125 (+36.1%)	$1,410 → $1,788 (+26.8%)

Claremont

Population

36,09036,553

Median household income

$101,420$122,127

Median home value

$672,500$870,800

Median gross rent

$1,561$2,125

La Puente

Population

40,02037,404

Median household income

$64,592$84,811

Median home value

$419,800$593,200

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	La Puente
Under 5	3.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	17.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.9%
75 and over	9.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	La Puente
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	2.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	14.5%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	79.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	La Puente
No high school diploma	5.1%	34.1%
High school graduate	11.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	La Puente
Drove alone	57.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.9%
Public transit	1.5%	2.5%
Walked	9.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.0%	4.3%
Other means	1.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	La Puente
1-unit, detached	69.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.7%
20 or more units	9.1%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	La Puente
Poverty rate	5.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.59	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1966	1958