East Whittier vs Malibu

A side-by-side comparison of East Whittier and Malibu: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Malibu has the higher population (10,516 vs 10,061 in East Whittier). Malibu has the higher median household income ($192,159 vs $105,104 in East Whittier). Malibu has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $750,700 in East Whittier).

Population, income & housing

	East Whittier	Malibu
Population	10,061	10,516
Median age	40.4 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,104	$192,159
Median home value	$750,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,725	$3,501
Housing units	3,431	6,430
Homeownership rate	60.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Whittier	Malibu
Population	10,356 → 10,061 (-2.8%)	12,620 → 10,516 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$76,373 → $105,104 (+37.6%)	$150,747 → $192,159 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$584,400 → $750,700 (+28.5%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,491 → $1,725 (+15.7%)	$2,403 → $3,501 (+45.7%)

East Whittier

Population

10,35610,061

Median household income

$76,373$105,104

Median home value

$584,400$750,700

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,725

Malibu

Population

12,62010,516

Median household income

$150,747$192,159

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,403$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Whittier	Malibu
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.2%
75 and over	7.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Whittier	Malibu
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	52.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Whittier	Malibu
No high school diploma	8.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Whittier	Malibu
Drove alone	79.2%	52.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	39.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Whittier	Malibu
1-unit, detached	67.1%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	22.4%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	East Whittier	Malibu
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1964	1975