East Los Angeles vs Pomona

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

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

Pomona has the higher population (148,391 vs 114,617 in East Los Angeles). Pomona has the higher median household income ($78,869 vs $68,378 in East Los Angeles). East Los Angeles has the higher median home value ($613,600 vs $569,600 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
Population	114,617	148,391
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,378	$78,869
Median home value	$613,600	$569,600
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,738
Housing units	32,291	43,767
Homeownership rate	33.7%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
Population	121,187 → 114,617 (-5.4%)	152,209 → 148,391 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$46,082 → $68,378 (+48.4%)	$60,598 → $78,869 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$415,600 → $613,600 (+47.6%)	$394,500 → $569,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,134 → $1,431 (+26.2%)	$1,362 → $1,738 (+27.6%)

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

Pomona

Population

152,209148,391

Median household income

$60,598$78,869

Median home value

$394,500$569,600

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.7%
75 and over	4.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	10.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	95.6%	71.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
No high school diploma	45.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
Drove alone	65.3%	72.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	14.0%
Public transit	6.8%	1.9%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
1-unit, detached	56.9%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	East Los Angeles	Pomona
Poverty rate	16.6%	14.2%
Average household size	3.74	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1950	1966