Duarte vs West Puente Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Duarte and West Puente Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Duarte and West Puente Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Puente Valley has the higher population (22,198 vs 21,921 in Duarte). Duarte has the higher median household income ($97,952 vs $86,692 in West Puente Valley). Duarte has the higher median home value ($710,700 vs $591,800 in West Puente Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
Population	21,921	22,198
Median age	44.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,952	$86,692
Median home value	$710,700	$591,800
Median gross rent	$1,991	$2,250
Housing units	7,624	5,364
Homeownership rate	62.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
Population	21,559 → 21,921 (+1.7%)	23,382 → 22,198 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$75,083 → $97,952 (+30.5%)	$75,856 → $86,692 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$482,200 → $710,700 (+47.4%)	$441,600 → $591,800 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,523 → $1,991 (+30.7%)	$1,615 → $2,250 (+39.3%)

Duarte

Population

21,55921,921

Median household income

$75,083$97,952

Median home value

$482,200$710,700

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,991

West Puente Valley

Population

23,38222,198

Median household income

$75,856$86,692

Median home value

$441,600$591,800

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.3%
75 and over	10.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	2.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.8%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
No high school diploma	14.2%	28.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
Drove alone	72.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.5%
Public transit	2.0%	2.4%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
1-unit, detached	66.8%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	11.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duarte	West Puente Valley
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.93	4.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1967	1956