Lawndale vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (34,291 vs 31,113 in Lawndale). Lawndale has the higher median household income ($83,538 vs $47,899 in Westmont). Lawndale has the higher median home value ($726,000 vs $617,300 in Westmont).

Population, income & housing

	Lawndale	Westmont
Population	31,113	34,291
Median age	35.6 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,538	$47,899
Median home value	$726,000	$617,300
Median gross rent	$1,847	$1,413
Housing units	10,348	11,117
Homeownership rate	37.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawndale	Westmont
Population	32,819 → 31,113 (-5.2%)	35,266 → 34,291 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$62,013 → $83,538 (+34.7%)	$38,600 → $47,899 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$518,000 → $726,000 (+40.2%)	$419,900 → $617,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,475 → $1,847 (+25.2%)	$1,185 → $1,413 (+19.2%)

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

Westmont

Population

35,26634,291

Median household income

$38,600$47,899

Median home value

$419,900$617,300

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawndale	Westmont
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.3%
75 and over	3.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawndale	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	1.2%
Black or African American	6.0%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	9.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	67.5%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawndale	Westmont
No high school diploma	26.2%	29.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawndale	Westmont
Drove alone	73.7%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.0%
Public transit	1.6%	8.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.1%
Other means	5.4%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawndale	Westmont
1-unit, detached	55.8%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	11.1%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lawndale	Westmont
Poverty rate	12.3%	24.4%
Average household size	3.13	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1965	1958