Glendora vs Paramount

A side-by-side comparison of Glendora and Paramount: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paramount has the higher population (52,546 vs 51,350 in Glendora). Glendora has the higher median household income ($111,915 vs $70,912 in Paramount). Glendora has the higher median home value ($820,800 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Glendora	Paramount
Population	51,350	52,546
Median age	40.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$111,915	$70,912
Median home value	$820,800	$500,400
Median gross rent	$2,218	$1,772
Housing units	17,254	14,585
Homeownership rate	67.8%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendora	Paramount
Population	51,801 → 51,350 (-0.9%)	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$96,132 → $111,915 (+16.4%)	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$601,800 → $820,800 (+36.4%)	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $2,218 (+29.3%)	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)

Glendora

Population

51,80151,350

Median household income

$96,132$111,915

Median home value

$601,800$820,800

Median gross rent

$1,716$2,218

Paramount

Population

54,51352,546

Median household income

$55,670$70,912

Median home value

$343,800$500,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendora	Paramount
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.0%
75 and over	7.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendora	Paramount
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	4.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.7%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendora	Paramount
No high school diploma	6.3%	34.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendora	Paramount
Drove alone	70.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.8%
Public transit	2.8%	3.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendora	Paramount
1-unit, detached	70.8%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Glendora	Paramount
Poverty rate	7.4%	13.3%
Average household size	3.02	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1964	1970