Lawndale vs San Dimas

A side-by-side comparison of Lawndale and San Dimas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Dimas has the higher population (34,099 vs 31,113 in Lawndale). San Dimas has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $83,538 in Lawndale). San Dimas has the higher median home value ($756,200 vs $726,000 in Lawndale).

Population, income & housing

	Lawndale	San Dimas
Population	31,113	34,099
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,538	$105,833
Median home value	$726,000	$756,200
Median gross rent	$1,847	$2,232
Housing units	10,348	12,421
Homeownership rate	37.8%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawndale	San Dimas
Population	32,819 → 31,113 (-5.2%)	34,048 → 34,099 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$62,013 → $83,538 (+34.7%)	$86,410 → $105,833 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$518,000 → $726,000 (+40.2%)	$576,800 → $756,200 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,475 → $1,847 (+25.2%)	$1,808 → $2,232 (+23.5%)

Lawndale

Population

32,81931,113

Median household income

$62,013$83,538

Median home value

$518,000$726,000

Median gross rent

$1,475$1,847

San Dimas

Population

34,04834,099

Median household income

$86,410$105,833

Median home value

$576,800$756,200

Median gross rent

$1,808$2,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawndale	San Dimas
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.6%
75 and over	3.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawndale	San Dimas
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	37.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	67.5%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawndale	San Dimas
No high school diploma	26.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawndale	San Dimas
Drove alone	73.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.8%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	15.3%
Other means	5.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawndale	San Dimas
1-unit, detached	55.8%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	11.1%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Lawndale	San Dimas
Poverty rate	12.3%	9.2%
Average household size	3.13	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1965	1976