Florence-Graham vs Gardena

A side-by-side comparison of Florence-Graham and Gardena: population, income, housing, and more.

Florence-Graham and Gardena are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Florence-Graham has the higher population (61,723 vs 59,765 in Gardena). Gardena has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $61,216 in Florence-Graham). Gardena has the higher median home value ($667,600 vs $499,100 in Florence-Graham).

Population, income & housing

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
Population	61,723	59,765
Median age	31.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,216	$79,291
Median home value	$499,100	$667,600
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,761
Housing units	15,080	22,044
Homeownership rate	37.2%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
Population	65,716 → 61,723 (-6.1%)	59,709 → 59,765 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$44,328 → $61,216 (+38.1%)	$58,447 → $79,291 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$357,000 → $499,100 (+39.8%)	$474,700 → $667,600 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,475 (+25.7%)	$1,309 → $1,761 (+34.5%)

Florence-Graham

Population

65,71661,723

Median household income

$44,328$61,216

Median home value

$357,000$499,100

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,475

Gardena

Population

59,70959,765

Median household income

$58,447$79,291

Median home value

$474,700$667,600

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
Under 5	6.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.7%
75 and over	2.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	7.5%
Black or African American	5.3%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	93.4%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
No high school diploma	52.1%	18.8%
High school graduate	23.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
Drove alone	70.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	10.7%
Public transit	6.8%	2.7%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.8%
Other means	3.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
1-unit, detached	55.9%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	17.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Florence-Graham	Gardena
Poverty rate	21.4%	11.0%
Average household size	4.25	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1952	1964