Hacienda Heights vs Paramount

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

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

Hacienda Heights has the higher population (54,956 vs 52,546 in Paramount). Hacienda Heights has the higher median household income ($106,620 vs $70,912 in Paramount). Hacienda Heights has the higher median home value ($778,700 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
Population	54,956	52,546
Median age	43.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,620	$70,912
Median home value	$778,700	$500,400
Median gross rent	$2,247	$1,772
Housing units	17,139	14,585
Homeownership rate	74.0%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
Population	55,188 → 54,956 (-0.4%)	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$85,953 → $106,620 (+24.0%)	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$595,700 → $778,700 (+30.7%)	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,247 (+19.4%)	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)

Hacienda Heights

Population

55,18854,956

Median household income

$85,953$106,620

Median home value

$595,700$778,700

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,247

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)

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.0%
75 and over	9.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
White (non-Hispanic)	12.3%	4.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	41.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	42.9%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
No high school diploma	12.6%	34.1%
High school graduate	23.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
Drove alone	72.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.8%
Public transit	2.7%	3.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
1-unit, detached	79.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Hacienda Heights	Paramount
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.3%
Average household size	3.31	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1968	1970