Manhattan Beach vs Westmont

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

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

Manhattan Beach has the higher population (34,584 vs 34,291 in Westmont). Manhattan Beach has the higher median household income ($193,904 vs $47,899 in Westmont). Manhattan Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $617,300 in Westmont).

Population, income & housing

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
Population	34,584	34,291
Median age	43.4 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$193,904	$47,899
Median home value	$2,000,001	$617,300
Median gross rent	$3,492	$1,413
Housing units	14,945	11,117
Homeownership rate	66.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
Population	35,500 → 34,584 (-2.6%)	35,266 → 34,291 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$153,023 → $193,904 (+26.7%)	$38,600 → $47,899 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$419,900 → $617,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,628 → $3,492 (+32.9%)	$1,185 → $1,413 (+19.2%)

Manhattan Beach

Population

35,50034,584

Median household income

$153,023$193,904

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,628$3,492

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)

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
Under 5	4.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.3%
75 and over	7.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	13.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
No high school diploma	1.2%	29.1%
High school graduate	4.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
Drove alone	55.0%	66.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	8.4%
Walked	4.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.1%	7.1%
Other means	1.1%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
1-unit, detached	68.3%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	18.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Manhattan Beach	Westmont
Poverty rate	3.6%	24.4%
Average household size	2.59	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1970	1958