Covina vs La Mirada

A side-by-side comparison of Covina and La Mirada: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Covina has the higher population (50,143 vs 46,945 in La Mirada). La Mirada has the higher median household income ($110,177 vs $94,792 in Covina). La Mirada has the higher median home value ($763,200 vs $666,000 in Covina).

Population, income & housing

	Covina	La Mirada
Population	50,143	46,945
Median age	38.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,792	$110,177
Median home value	$666,000	$763,200
Median gross rent	$1,839	$2,052
Housing units	17,112	15,341
Homeownership rate	57.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covina	La Mirada
Population	48,095 → 50,143 (+4.3%)	48,764 → 46,945 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$70,780 → $94,792 (+33.9%)	$95,685 → $110,177 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$509,200 → $666,000 (+30.8%)	$569,500 → $763,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,839 (+23.9%)	$1,675 → $2,052 (+22.5%)

Covina

Population

48,09550,143

Median household income

$70,780$94,792

Median home value

$509,200$666,000

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,839

La Mirada

Population

48,76446,945

Median household income

$95,685$110,177

Median home value

$569,500$763,200

Median gross rent

$1,675$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covina	La Mirada
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.4%
75 and over	6.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covina	La Mirada
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	26.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.7%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covina	La Mirada
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	26.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covina	La Mirada
Drove alone	72.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.3%
Public transit	2.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covina	La Mirada
1-unit, detached	53.1%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	14.5%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Covina	La Mirada
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1964	1960