Downey vs East Los Angeles

A side-by-side comparison of Downey and East Los Angeles: population, income, housing, and more.

Downey and East Los Angeles are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Los Angeles has the higher population (114,617 vs 111,793 in Downey). Downey has the higher median household income ($87,400 vs $68,378 in East Los Angeles). Downey has the higher median home value ($728,500 vs $613,600 in East Los Angeles).

Population, income & housing

	Downey	East Los Angeles
Population	111,793	114,617
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,400	$68,378
Median home value	$728,500	$613,600
Median gross rent	$1,892	$1,431
Housing units	35,870	32,291
Homeownership rate	50.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downey	East Los Angeles
Population	112,322 → 111,793 (-0.5%)	121,187 → 114,617 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$75,878 → $87,400 (+15.2%)	$46,082 → $68,378 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $728,500 (+28.0%)	$415,600 → $613,600 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,892 (+29.4%)	$1,134 → $1,431 (+26.2%)

Downey

Population

112,322111,793

Median household income

$75,878$87,400

Median home value

$569,300$728,500

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,892

East Los Angeles

Population

121,187114,617

Median household income

$46,082$68,378

Median home value

$415,600$613,600

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downey	East Los Angeles
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.5%
75 and over	5.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downey	East Los Angeles
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	2.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	95.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downey	East Los Angeles
No high school diploma	18.7%	45.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downey	East Los Angeles
Drove alone	73.5%	65.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	15.4%
Public transit	2.9%	6.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downey	East Los Angeles
1-unit, detached	56.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	14.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Downey	East Los Angeles
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.6%
Average household size	3.19	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1959	1950