Gardena vs Montebello

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

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

Montebello has the higher population (61,376 vs 59,765 in Gardena). Gardena has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $74,955 in Montebello). Gardena has the higher median home value ($667,600 vs $660,700 in Montebello).

Population, income & housing

	Gardena	Montebello
Population	59,765	61,376
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,291	$74,955
Median home value	$667,600	$660,700
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,771
Housing units	22,044	20,347
Homeownership rate	48.9%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardena	Montebello
Population	59,709 → 59,765 (+0.1%)	62,742 → 61,376 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$58,447 → $79,291 (+35.7%)	$56,150 → $74,955 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$474,700 → $667,600 (+40.6%)	$492,300 → $660,700 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,761 (+34.5%)	$1,334 → $1,771 (+32.8%)

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

Montebello

Population

62,74261,376

Median household income

$56,150$74,955

Median home value

$492,300$660,700

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardena	Montebello
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.2%
75 and over	7.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardena	Montebello
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	6.3%
Black or African American	18.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	24.4%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	78.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardena	Montebello
No high school diploma	18.8%	25.5%
High school graduate	22.4%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardena	Montebello
Drove alone	73.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.6%
Public transit	2.7%	2.8%
Walked	2.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardena	Montebello
1-unit, detached	42.9%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	12.6%
20 or more units	11.7%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Gardena	Montebello
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.82	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1964	1963