Cudahy vs San Fernando

A side-by-side comparison of Cudahy and San Fernando: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Fernando has the higher population (23,716 vs 22,325 in Cudahy). San Fernando has the higher median household income ($79,694 vs $52,748 in Cudahy). San Fernando has the higher median home value ($630,700 vs $505,300 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	San Fernando
Population	22,325	23,716
Median age	30.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,748	$79,694
Median home value	$505,300	$630,700
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,690
Housing units	5,960	6,611
Homeownership rate	11.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	San Fernando
Population	23,890 → 22,325 (-6.6%)	24,535 → 23,716 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$46,642 → $52,748 (+13.1%)	$58,425 → $79,694 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$420,700 → $505,300 (+20.1%)	$431,100 → $630,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,667 (+27.6%)	$1,342 → $1,690 (+25.9%)

Cudahy

Population

23,89022,325

Median household income

$46,642$52,748

Median home value

$420,700$505,300

Median gross rent

$1,306$1,667

San Fernando

Population

24,53523,716

Median household income

$58,425$79,694

Median home value

$431,100$630,700

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cudahy	San Fernando
Under 5	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.2%
75 and over	3.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	San Fernando
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	4.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	97.7%	92.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	San Fernando
No high school diploma	46.1%	35.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	San Fernando
Drove alone	74.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	13.5%
Public transit	6.6%	2.2%
Walked	2.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	San Fernando
1-unit, detached	48.8%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	San Fernando
Poverty rate	27.9%	10.5%
Average household size	3.84	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1968	1956