Claremont vs Monrovia

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

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

Monrovia has the higher population (37,553 vs 36,553 in Claremont). Claremont has the higher median household income ($122,127 vs $97,083 in Monrovia). Monrovia has the higher median home value ($891,700 vs $870,800 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Monrovia
Population	36,553	37,553
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$122,127	$97,083
Median home value	$870,800	$891,700
Median gross rent	$2,125	$2,009
Housing units	12,785	14,796
Homeownership rate	65.5%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Monrovia
Population	36,090 → 36,553 (+1.3%)	36,816 → 37,553 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$101,420 → $122,127 (+20.4%)	$77,111 → $97,083 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$672,500 → $870,800 (+29.5%)	$663,400 → $891,700 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $2,125 (+36.1%)	$1,590 → $2,009 (+26.4%)

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

Monrovia

Population

36,81637,553

Median household income

$77,111$97,083

Median home value

$663,400$891,700

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	Monrovia
Under 5	3.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	17.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.2%
75 and over	9.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Monrovia
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	30.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	14.5%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	43.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Monrovia
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	11.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Monrovia
Drove alone	57.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.2%
Public transit	1.5%	2.2%
Walked	9.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.0%	16.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Monrovia
1-unit, detached	69.3%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	10.6%
20 or more units	9.1%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Monrovia
Poverty rate	5.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1966	1962