La Mirada vs Rosemead

A side-by-side comparison of La Mirada and Rosemead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosemead has the higher population (50,340 vs 46,945 in La Mirada). La Mirada has the higher median household income ($110,177 vs $72,248 in Rosemead). La Mirada has the higher median home value ($763,200 vs $729,600 in Rosemead).

Population, income & housing

	La Mirada	Rosemead
Population	46,945	50,340
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,177	$72,248
Median home value	$763,200	$729,600
Median gross rent	$2,052	$1,728
Housing units	15,341	15,220
Homeownership rate	76.3%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	La Mirada	Rosemead
Population	48,764 → 46,945 (-3.7%)	54,282 → 50,340 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$95,685 → $110,177 (+15.1%)	$57,999 → $72,248 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$569,500 → $763,200 (+34.0%)	$556,600 → $729,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,675 → $2,052 (+22.5%)	$1,353 → $1,728 (+27.7%)

La Mirada

Population

48,76446,945

Median household income

$95,685$110,177

Median home value

$569,500$763,200

Median gross rent

$1,675$2,052

Rosemead

Population

54,28250,340

Median household income

$57,999$72,248

Median home value

$556,600$729,600

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	La Mirada	Rosemead
Under 5	4.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.6%
75 and over	9.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	La Mirada	Rosemead
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	3.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	22.9%	64.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	44.7%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	La Mirada	Rosemead
No high school diploma	8.8%	33.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	La Mirada	Rosemead
Drove alone	73.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.1%
Public transit	1.6%	1.9%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	La Mirada	Rosemead
1-unit, detached	77.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.9%
20 or more units	10.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	La Mirada	Rosemead
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.97	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1960	1959