Claremont vs West Hollywood

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

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

Claremont has the higher population (36,553 vs 35,090 in West Hollywood). Claremont has the higher median household income ($122,127 vs $94,844 in West Hollywood). West Hollywood has the higher median home value ($969,900 vs $870,800 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	West Hollywood
Population	36,553	35,090
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$122,127	$94,844
Median home value	$870,800	$969,900
Median gross rent	$2,125	$2,103
Housing units	12,785	25,315
Homeownership rate	65.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	West Hollywood
Population	36,090 → 36,553 (+1.3%)	36,450 → 35,090 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$101,420 → $122,127 (+20.4%)	$74,044 → $94,844 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$672,500 → $870,800 (+29.5%)	$755,400 → $969,900 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,561 → $2,125 (+36.1%)	$1,664 → $2,103 (+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

West Hollywood

Population

36,45035,090

Median household income

$74,044$94,844

Median home value

$755,400$969,900

Median gross rent

$1,664$2,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	West Hollywood
Under 5	3.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	2.3%
18 to 24	17.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	29.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.6%
75 and over	9.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	West Hollywood
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	69.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	14.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	West Hollywood
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	11.7%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	West Hollywood
Drove alone	57.2%	57.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.8%
Public transit	1.5%	3.6%
Walked	9.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	25.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	West Hollywood
1-unit, detached	69.3%	10.0%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	40.8%
20 or more units	9.1%	40.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	West Hollywood
Poverty rate	5.9%	13.1%
Average household size	2.59	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1966	1965