Huntington Park vs Paramount

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

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

Huntington Park has the higher population (53,658 vs 52,546 in Paramount). Paramount has the higher median household income ($70,912 vs $56,952 in Huntington Park). Huntington Park has the higher median home value ($557,600 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington Park	Paramount
Population	53,658	52,546
Median age	34.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,952	$70,912
Median home value	$557,600	$500,400
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,772
Housing units	15,165	14,585
Homeownership rate	24.5%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington Park	Paramount
Population	58,353 → 53,658 (-8.0%)	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$42,447 → $56,952 (+34.2%)	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$412,600 → $557,600 (+35.1%)	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,440 (+33.2%)	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)

Huntington Park

Population

58,35353,658

Median household income

$42,447$56,952

Median home value

$412,600$557,600

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,440

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)

	Huntington Park	Paramount
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington Park	Paramount
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	4.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington Park	Paramount
No high school diploma	46.6%	34.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington Park	Paramount
Drove alone	66.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	14.4%	11.8%
Public transit	6.4%	3.1%
Walked	2.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.6%	6.2%
Other means	3.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington Park	Paramount
1-unit, detached	36.0%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	10.6%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Huntington Park	Paramount
Poverty rate	17.6%	13.3%
Average household size	3.64	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1955	1970