Gardena vs Monterey Park

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

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

Gardena has the higher population (59,765 vs 59,639 in Monterey Park). Gardena has the higher median household income ($79,291 vs $77,605 in Monterey Park). Monterey Park has the higher median home value ($818,300 vs $667,600 in Gardena).

Population, income & housing

	Gardena	Monterey Park
Population	59,765	59,639
Median age	39.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,291	$77,605
Median home value	$667,600	$818,300
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,845
Housing units	22,044	22,081
Homeownership rate	48.9%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardena	Monterey Park
Population	59,709 → 59,765 (+0.1%)	60,439 → 59,639 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$58,447 → $79,291 (+35.7%)	$61,819 → $77,605 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$474,700 → $667,600 (+40.6%)	$616,000 → $818,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,761 (+34.5%)	$1,400 → $1,845 (+31.8%)

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

Monterey Park

Population

60,43959,639

Median household income

$61,819$77,605

Median home value

$616,000$818,300

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardena	Monterey Park
Under 5	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.4%
75 and over	7.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardena	Monterey Park
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	5.6%
Black or African American	18.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	24.4%	64.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardena	Monterey Park
No high school diploma	18.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	22.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardena	Monterey Park
Drove alone	73.4%	65.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.2%
Public transit	2.7%	2.9%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.8%	15.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardena	Monterey Park
1-unit, detached	42.9%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	11.7%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gardena	Monterey Park
Poverty rate	11.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1964	1963