Covina vs Paramount

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

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

Paramount has the higher population (52,546 vs 50,143 in Covina). Covina has the higher median household income ($94,792 vs $70,912 in Paramount). Covina has the higher median home value ($666,000 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Covina	Paramount
Population	50,143	52,546
Median age	38.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,792	$70,912
Median home value	$666,000	$500,400
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,772
Housing units	17,112	14,585
Homeownership rate	57.3%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covina	Paramount
Population	48,095 → 50,143 (+4.3%)	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$70,780 → $94,792 (+33.9%)	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$509,200 → $666,000 (+30.8%)	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,839 (+23.9%)	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)

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

Paramount

Population

54,51352,546

Median household income

$55,670$70,912

Median home value

$343,800$500,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covina	Paramount
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.0%
75 and over	6.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covina	Paramount
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	4.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covina	Paramount
No high school diploma	12.0%	34.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covina	Paramount
Drove alone	72.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.8%
Public transit	2.2%	3.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covina	Paramount
1-unit, detached	53.1%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	14.5%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Covina	Paramount
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.3%
Average household size	3.03	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1964	1970