Diamond Bar vs Paramount

A side-by-side comparison of Diamond Bar and Paramount: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Diamond Bar has the higher population (53,750 vs 52,546 in Paramount). Diamond Bar has the higher median household income ($106,602 vs $70,912 in Paramount). Diamond Bar has the higher median home value ($867,000 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
Population	53,750	52,546
Median age	45.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,602	$70,912
Median home value	$867,000	$500,400
Median gross rent	$2,422	$1,772
Housing units	19,000	14,585
Homeownership rate	77.4%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
Population	56,211 → 53,750 (-4.4%)	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$99,083 → $106,602 (+7.6%)	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$664,400 → $867,000 (+30.5%)	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,071 → $2,422 (+16.9%)	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)

Diamond Bar

Population

56,21153,750

Median household income

$99,083$106,602

Median home value

$664,400$867,000

Median gross rent

$2,071$2,422

Paramount

Population

54,51352,546

Median household income

$55,670$70,912

Median home value

$343,800$500,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
Under 5	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.0%
75 and over	6.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	4.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	61.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
No high school diploma	7.2%	34.1%
High school graduate	14.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
Drove alone	71.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.8%
Public transit	1.4%	3.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
1-unit, detached	70.5%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	4.9%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Diamond Bar	Paramount
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.3%
Average household size	2.93	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1979	1970