Hawaiian Gardens vs Palos Verdes Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Hawaiian Gardens and Palos Verdes Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Hawaiian Gardens and Palos Verdes Estates 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 13,047 in Palos Verdes Estates). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median household income ($247,500 vs $76,025 in Hawaiian Gardens). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $509,600 in Hawaiian Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	13,816	13,047
Median age	34.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,025	$247,500
Median home value	$509,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,696	$3,331
Housing units	4,046	5,383
Homeownership rate	45.8%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	14,337 → 13,816 (-3.6%)	13,434 → 13,047 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$49,483 → $76,025 (+53.6%)	$194,543 → $247,500 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$363,500 → $509,600 (+40.2%)	$2,000,000 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,696 (+20.9%)	$2,683 → $3,331 (+24.2%)

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

Palos Verdes Estates

Population

13,43413,047

Median household income

$194,543$247,500

Median home value

$2,000,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,683$3,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.9%
75 and over	7.1%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	62.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	75.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
No high school diploma	32.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	39.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
Drove alone	70.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	1.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	24.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
1-unit, detached	50.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	10.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawaiian Gardens	Palos Verdes Estates
Poverty rate	17.9%	2.6%
Average household size	3.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1966	1963