Hawaiian Gardens vs Lake Los Angeles

A side-by-side comparison of Hawaiian Gardens and Lake Los Angeles: population, income, housing, and more.

Hawaiian Gardens and Lake Los Angeles are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hawaiian Gardens has the higher population (13,816 vs 13,479 in Lake Los Angeles). Hawaiian Gardens has the higher median household income ($76,025 vs $60,999 in Lake Los Angeles). Hawaiian Gardens has the higher median home value ($509,600 vs $284,800 in Lake Los Angeles).

Population, income & housing

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
Population	13,816	13,479
Median age	34.2 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,025	$60,999
Median home value	$509,600	$284,800
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,351
Housing units	4,046	3,710
Homeownership rate	45.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
Population	14,337 → 13,816 (-3.6%)	11,751 → 13,479 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$49,483 → $76,025 (+53.6%)	$45,881 → $60,999 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$363,500 → $509,600 (+40.2%)	$180,200 → $284,800 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,696 (+20.9%)	$1,104 → $1,351 (+22.4%)

Hawaiian Gardens

Population

14,33713,816

Median household income

$49,483$76,025

Median home value

$363,500$509,600

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,696

Lake Los Angeles

Population

11,75113,479

Median household income

$45,881$60,999

Median home value

$180,200$284,800

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
Under 5	8.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	28.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.9%
75 and over	7.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	23.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	75.5%	64.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
No high school diploma	32.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	29.3%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
Drove alone	70.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	15.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	10.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
1-unit, detached	50.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Hawaiian Gardens	Lake Los Angeles
Poverty rate	17.9%	13.7%
Average household size	3.57	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	44
Median year structure built	1966	1983