Covina vs Rosemead

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

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

Rosemead has the higher population (50,340 vs 50,143 in Covina). Covina has the higher median household income ($94,792 vs $72,248 in Rosemead). Rosemead has the higher median home value ($729,600 vs $666,000 in Covina).

Population, income & housing

	Covina	Rosemead
Population	50,143	50,340
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,792	$72,248
Median home value	$666,000	$729,600
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,728
Housing units	17,112	15,220
Homeownership rate	57.3%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covina	Rosemead
Population	48,095 → 50,143 (+4.3%)	54,282 → 50,340 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$70,780 → $94,792 (+33.9%)	$57,999 → $72,248 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$509,200 → $666,000 (+30.8%)	$556,600 → $729,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,839 (+23.9%)	$1,353 → $1,728 (+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

Rosemead

Population

54,28250,340

Median household income

$57,999$72,248

Median home value

$556,600$729,600

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covina	Rosemead
Under 5	5.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.6%
75 and over	6.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covina	Rosemead
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	3.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	13.7%	64.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covina	Rosemead
No high school diploma	12.0%	33.8%
High school graduate	26.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covina	Rosemead
Drove alone	72.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.1%
Public transit	2.2%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covina	Rosemead
1-unit, detached	53.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	14.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Covina	Rosemead
Poverty rate	8.9%	14.1%
Average household size	3.03	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1964	1959