Inglewood vs West Covina

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

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

West Covina has the higher population (107,436 vs 105,575 in Inglewood). West Covina has the higher median household income ($98,570 vs $71,029 in Inglewood). Inglewood has the higher median home value ($744,300 vs $712,300 in West Covina).

Population, income & housing

	Inglewood	West Covina
Population	105,575	107,436
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,029	$98,570
Median home value	$744,300	$712,300
Median gross rent	$1,725	$2,153
Housing units	38,744	33,810
Homeownership rate	35.3%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inglewood	West Covina
Population	109,613 → 105,575 (-3.7%)	106,589 → 107,436 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$54,400 → $71,029 (+30.6%)	$82,938 → $98,570 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$483,000 → $744,300 (+54.1%)	$540,500 → $712,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,725 (+27.0%)	$1,674 → $2,153 (+28.6%)

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

West Covina

Population

106,589107,436

Median household income

$82,938$98,570

Median home value

$540,500$712,300

Median gross rent

$1,674$2,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inglewood	West Covina
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.4%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inglewood	West Covina
White (non-Hispanic)	5.6%	10.0%
Black or African American	38.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	30.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48.9%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inglewood	West Covina
No high school diploma	22.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inglewood	West Covina
Drove alone	66.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.3%
Public transit	5.8%	2.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.3%
Other means	2.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inglewood	West Covina
1-unit, detached	36.3%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	14.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Inglewood	West Covina
Poverty rate	14.9%	9.7%
Average household size	2.87	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1960	1968