Hawaiian Gardens vs Walnut Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hawaiian Gardens and Walnut Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Park has the higher population (15,446 vs 13,816 in Hawaiian Gardens). Walnut Park has the higher median household income ($79,205 vs $76,025 in Hawaiian Gardens). Walnut Park has the higher median home value ($570,500 vs $509,600 in Hawaiian Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
Population	13,816	15,446
Median age	34.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,025	$79,205
Median home value	$509,600	$570,500
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,430
Housing units	4,046	3,868
Homeownership rate	45.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
Population	14,337 → 13,816 (-3.6%)	15,896 → 15,446 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$49,483 → $76,025 (+53.6%)	$52,226 → $79,205 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$363,500 → $509,600 (+40.2%)	$410,300 → $570,500 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,696 (+20.9%)	$1,152 → $1,430 (+24.1%)

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

Walnut Park

Population

15,89615,446

Median household income

$52,226$79,205

Median home value

$410,300$570,500

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
Under 5	8.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.9%
75 and over	7.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	1.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	75.5%	98.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
No high school diploma	32.0%	46.2%
High school graduate	29.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
Drove alone	70.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	14.0%
Public transit	1.6%	5.6%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
1-unit, detached	50.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	10.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Hawaiian Gardens	Walnut Park
Poverty rate	17.9%	14.8%
Average household size	3.57	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1966	1938