Gardena vs Pico Rivera

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

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

Pico Rivera has the higher population (60,821 vs 59,765 in Gardena). Pico Rivera has the higher median household income ($86,956 vs $79,291 in Gardena). Gardena has the higher median home value ($667,600 vs $621,400 in Pico Rivera).

Population, income & housing

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
Population	59,765	60,821
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,291	$86,956
Median home value	$667,600	$621,400
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,775
Housing units	22,044	17,281
Homeownership rate	48.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
Population	59,709 → 59,765 (+0.1%)	63,001 → 60,821 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$58,447 → $79,291 (+35.7%)	$67,636 → $86,956 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$474,700 → $667,600 (+40.6%)	$440,600 → $621,400 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,761 (+34.5%)	$1,403 → $1,775 (+26.5%)

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

Pico Rivera

Population

63,00160,821

Median household income

$67,636$86,956

Median home value

$440,600$621,400

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.8%
75 and over	7.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	3.8%
Black or African American	18.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	24.4%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	90.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
No high school diploma	18.8%	27.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
Drove alone	73.4%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.4%
Public transit	2.7%	2.5%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
1-unit, detached	42.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Gardena	Pico Rivera
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.82	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1964	1957