Downey vs Inglewood

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

Downey and Inglewood 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 105,575 in Inglewood). Downey has the higher median household income ($87,400 vs $71,029 in Inglewood). Inglewood has the higher median home value ($744,300 vs $728,500 in Downey).

Population, income & housing

	Downey	Inglewood
Population	111,793	105,575
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,400	$71,029
Median home value	$728,500	$744,300
Median gross rent	$1,892	$1,725
Housing units	35,870	38,744
Homeownership rate	50.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downey	Inglewood
Population	112,322 → 111,793 (-0.5%)	109,613 → 105,575 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$75,878 → $87,400 (+15.2%)	$54,400 → $71,029 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $728,500 (+28.0%)	$483,000 → $744,300 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,892 (+29.4%)	$1,358 → $1,725 (+27.0%)

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

Inglewood

Population

109,613105,575

Median household income

$54,400$71,029

Median home value

$483,000$744,300

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downey	Inglewood
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downey	Inglewood
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	5.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	48.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downey	Inglewood
No high school diploma	18.7%	22.7%
High school graduate	25.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downey	Inglewood
Drove alone	73.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.2%
Public transit	2.9%	5.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.6%
Other means	1.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downey	Inglewood
1-unit, detached	56.9%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	28.8%
20 or more units	14.7%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Downey	Inglewood
Poverty rate	9.1%	14.9%
Average household size	3.19	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1959	1960