Cudahy vs West Puente Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Cudahy and West Puente Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cudahy has the higher population (22,325 vs 22,198 in West Puente Valley). West Puente Valley has the higher median household income ($86,692 vs $52,748 in Cudahy). West Puente Valley has the higher median home value ($591,800 vs $505,300 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
Population	22,325	22,198
Median age	30.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,748	$86,692
Median home value	$505,300	$591,800
Median gross rent	$1,667	$2,250
Housing units	5,960	5,364
Homeownership rate	11.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
Population	23,890 → 22,325 (-6.6%)	23,382 → 22,198 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$46,642 → $52,748 (+13.1%)	$75,856 → $86,692 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$420,700 → $505,300 (+20.1%)	$441,600 → $591,800 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,667 (+27.6%)	$1,615 → $2,250 (+39.3%)

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

West Puente Valley

Population

23,38222,198

Median household income

$75,856$86,692

Median home value

$441,600$591,800

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
Under 5	6.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.3%
75 and over	3.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	97.7%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
No high school diploma	46.1%	28.6%
High school graduate	29.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
Drove alone	74.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.5%
Public transit	6.6%	2.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
1-unit, detached	48.8%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	West Puente Valley
Poverty rate	27.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.84	4.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1968	1956