Covina vs Rowland Heights

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

Covina and Rowland Heights 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 46,787 in Rowland Heights). Covina has the higher median household income ($94,792 vs $85,202 in Rowland Heights). Rowland Heights has the higher median home value ($812,900 vs $666,000 in Covina).

Population, income & housing

	Covina	Rowland Heights
Population	50,143	46,787
Median age	38.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,792	$85,202
Median home value	$666,000	$812,900
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,929
Housing units	17,112	15,731
Homeownership rate	57.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covina	Rowland Heights
Population	48,095 → 50,143 (+4.3%)	50,347 → 46,787 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$70,780 → $94,792 (+33.9%)	$75,587 → $85,202 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$509,200 → $666,000 (+30.8%)	$637,900 → $812,900 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,839 (+23.9%)	$1,613 → $1,929 (+19.6%)

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

Rowland Heights

Population

50,34746,787

Median household income

$75,587$85,202

Median home value

$637,900$812,900

Median gross rent

$1,613$1,929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covina	Rowland Heights
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.8%
75 and over	6.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covina	Rowland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	19.9%	6.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.7%	59.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	1.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	30.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covina	Rowland Heights
No high school diploma	12.0%	14.5%
High school graduate	26.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covina	Rowland Heights
Drove alone	72.4%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.8%
Public transit	2.2%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covina	Rowland Heights
1-unit, detached	53.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	14.5%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Covina	Rowland Heights
Poverty rate	8.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.03	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1964	1976