Lynwood vs Pico Rivera

A side-by-side comparison of Lynwood and Pico Rivera: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lynwood has the higher population (65,291 vs 60,821 in Pico Rivera). Pico Rivera has the higher median household income ($86,956 vs $70,236 in Lynwood). Pico Rivera has the higher median home value ($621,400 vs $569,400 in Lynwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
Population	65,291	60,821
Median age	33.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,236	$86,956
Median home value	$569,400	$621,400
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,775
Housing units	15,577	17,281
Homeownership rate	49.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
Population	70,635 → 65,291 (-7.6%)	63,001 → 60,821 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$52,213 → $70,236 (+34.5%)	$67,636 → $86,956 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$399,100 → $569,400 (+42.7%)	$440,600 → $621,400 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,625 (+34.2%)	$1,403 → $1,775 (+26.5%)

Lynwood

Population

70,63565,291

Median household income

$52,213$70,236

Median home value

$399,100$569,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,625

Pico Rivera

Population

63,00160,821

Median household income

$67,636$86,956

Median home value

$440,600$621,400

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.8%
75 and over	3.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	3.8%
Black or African American	8.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	88.0%	90.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
No high school diploma	41.7%	27.8%
High school graduate	26.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
Drove alone	70.4%	76.2%
Carpooled	17.7%	9.4%
Public transit	5.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.6%	8.6%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
1-unit, detached	54.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Lynwood	Pico Rivera
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.6%
Average household size	4.12	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1953	1957