Downey vs El Monte

A side-by-side comparison of Downey and El Monte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downey has the higher population (111,793 vs 107,066 in El Monte). Downey has the higher median household income ($87,400 vs $64,484 in El Monte). Downey has the higher median home value ($728,500 vs $626,000 in El Monte).

Population, income & housing

	Downey	El Monte
Population	111,793	107,066
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,400	$64,484
Median home value	$728,500	$626,000
Median gross rent	$1,892	$1,677
Housing units	35,870	30,575
Homeownership rate	50.7%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downey	El Monte
Population	112,322 → 111,793 (-0.5%)	115,517 → 107,066 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$75,878 → $87,400 (+15.2%)	$49,003 → $64,484 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $728,500 (+28.0%)	$454,900 → $626,000 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,892 (+29.4%)	$1,282 → $1,677 (+30.8%)

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

El Monte

Population

115,517107,066

Median household income

$49,003$64,484

Median home value

$454,900$626,000

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downey	El Monte
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downey	El Monte
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	3.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	7.1%	29.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	65.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downey	El Monte
No high school diploma	18.7%	35.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downey	El Monte
Drove alone	73.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	15.6%
Public transit	2.9%	3.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downey	El Monte
1-unit, detached	56.9%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	14.7%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Downey	El Monte
Poverty rate	9.1%	17.2%
Average household size	3.19	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1959	1966