Inglewood vs Norwalk

A side-by-side comparison of Inglewood and Norwalk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inglewood has the higher population (105,575 vs 100,713 in Norwalk). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($98,709 vs $71,029 in Inglewood). Inglewood has the higher median home value ($744,300 vs $616,600 in Norwalk).

Population, income & housing

	Inglewood	Norwalk
Population	105,575	100,713
Median age	37.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,029	$98,709
Median home value	$744,300	$616,600
Median gross rent	$1,725	$2,014
Housing units	38,744	27,346
Homeownership rate	35.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inglewood	Norwalk
Population	109,613 → 105,575 (-3.7%)	105,304 → 100,713 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$54,400 → $71,029 (+30.6%)	$70,667 → $98,709 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$483,000 → $744,300 (+54.1%)	$440,800 → $616,600 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,725 (+27.0%)	$1,592 → $2,014 (+26.5%)

Inglewood

Population

109,613105,575

Median household income

$54,400$71,029

Median home value

$483,000$744,300

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,725

Norwalk

Population

105,304100,713

Median household income

$70,667$98,709

Median home value

$440,800$616,600

Median gross rent

$1,592$2,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inglewood	Norwalk
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.2%
75 and over	5.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inglewood	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	5.6%	11.1%
Black or African American	38.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	48.9%	69.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inglewood	Norwalk
No high school diploma	22.7%	22.7%
High school graduate	22.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inglewood	Norwalk
Drove alone	66.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.9%
Public transit	5.8%	1.8%
Walked	2.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.7%
Other means	2.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inglewood	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	36.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	14.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Inglewood	Norwalk
Poverty rate	14.9%	9.7%
Average household size	2.87	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1960	1957