Del Aire vs Signal Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Del Aire and Signal Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Del Aire and Signal Hill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Signal Hill has the higher population (11,563 vs 11,115 in Del Aire). Del Aire has the higher median household income ($142,566 vs $102,303 in Signal Hill). Del Aire has the higher median home value ($878,800 vs $725,500 in Signal Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
Population	11,115	11,563
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$142,566	$102,303
Median home value	$878,800	$725,500
Median gross rent	$2,938	$1,817
Housing units	3,746	5,037
Homeownership rate	69.3%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
Population	9,990 → 11,115 (+11.3%)	11,512 → 11,563 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$103,697 → $142,566 (+37.5%)	$75,508 → $102,303 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$631,400 → $878,800 (+39.2%)	$505,900 → $725,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,261 → $2,938 (+29.9%)	$1,449 → $1,817 (+25.4%)

Del Aire

Population

9,99011,115

Median household income

$103,697$142,566

Median home value

$631,400$878,800

Median gross rent

$2,261$2,938

Signal Hill

Population

11,51211,563

Median household income

$75,508$102,303

Median home value

$505,900$725,500

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	19.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	25.9%	25.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	14.9%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	37.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
No high school diploma	17.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	19.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
Drove alone	67.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.5%
Public transit	2.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.4%	16.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
1-unit, detached	74.4%	37.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	21.6%
20 or more units	16.6%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Del Aire	Signal Hill
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.1%
Average household size	3.20	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1955	1980