Lawndale vs Walnut

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

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

Lawndale has the higher population (31,113 vs 27,857 in Walnut). Walnut has the higher median household income ($133,762 vs $83,538 in Lawndale). Walnut has the higher median home value ($972,500 vs $726,000 in Lawndale).

Population, income & housing

	Lawndale	Walnut
Population	31,113	27,857
Median age	35.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,538	$133,762
Median home value	$726,000	$972,500
Median gross rent	$1,847	$3,120
Housing units	10,348	9,034
Homeownership rate	37.8%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawndale	Walnut
Population	32,819 → 31,113 (-5.2%)	29,903 → 27,857 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$62,013 → $83,538 (+34.7%)	$108,669 → $133,762 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$518,000 → $726,000 (+40.2%)	$774,400 → $972,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,475 → $1,847 (+25.2%)	$2,359 → $3,120 (+32.3%)

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

Walnut

Population

29,90327,857

Median household income

$108,669$133,762

Median home value

$774,400$972,500

Median gross rent

$2,359$3,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawndale	Walnut
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	15.7%
75 and over	3.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawndale	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	8.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	9.2%	67.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	67.5%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawndale	Walnut
No high school diploma	26.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawndale	Walnut
Drove alone	73.7%	68.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.0%
Public transit	1.6%	2.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.1%	18.5%
Other means	5.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawndale	Walnut
1-unit, detached	55.8%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lawndale	Walnut
Poverty rate	12.3%	8.6%
Average household size	3.13	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1965	1983