Claremont vs San Gabriel

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

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

San Gabriel has the higher population (38,764 vs 36,553 in Claremont). Claremont has the higher median household income ($122,127 vs $87,592 in San Gabriel). San Gabriel has the higher median home value ($899,000 vs $870,800 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	San Gabriel
Population	36,553	38,764
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$122,127	$87,592
Median home value	$870,800	$899,000
Median gross rent	$2,125	$1,874
Housing units	12,785	13,726
Homeownership rate	65.5%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	San Gabriel
Population	36,090 → 36,553 (+1.3%)	40,143 → 38,764 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$101,420 → $122,127 (+20.4%)	$62,541 → $87,592 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$672,500 → $870,800 (+29.5%)	$680,700 → $899,000 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $2,125 (+36.1%)	$1,486 → $1,874 (+26.1%)

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

San Gabriel

Population

40,14338,764

Median household income

$62,541$87,592

Median home value

$680,700$899,000

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	San Gabriel
Under 5	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	17.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.0%
75 and over	9.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	San Gabriel
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	9.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	14.5%	58.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.9%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	San Gabriel
No high school diploma	5.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	11.7%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	San Gabriel
Drove alone	57.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.5%
Public transit	1.5%	2.1%
Walked	9.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.2%
Worked from home	22.0%	11.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	San Gabriel
1-unit, detached	69.3%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	16.5%
20 or more units	9.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	San Gabriel
Poverty rate	5.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.59	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1966	1956