Maywood vs San Fernando

A side-by-side comparison of Maywood and San Fernando: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maywood has the higher population (24,593 vs 23,716 in San Fernando). San Fernando has the higher median household income ($79,694 vs $61,655 in Maywood). San Fernando has the higher median home value ($630,700 vs $595,000 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	San Fernando
Population	24,593	23,716
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,655	$79,694
Median home value	$595,000	$630,700
Median gross rent	$1,467	$1,690
Housing units	6,465	6,611
Homeownership rate	29.9%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	San Fernando
Population	27,332 → 24,593 (-10.0%)	24,535 → 23,716 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$44,241 → $61,655 (+39.4%)	$58,425 → $79,694 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$387,000 → $595,000 (+53.7%)	$431,100 → $630,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,467 (+32.9%)	$1,342 → $1,690 (+25.9%)

Maywood

Population

27,33224,593

Median household income

$44,241$61,655

Median home value

$387,000$595,000

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,467

San Fernando

Population

24,53523,716

Median household income

$58,425$79,694

Median home value

$431,100$630,700

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maywood	San Fernando
Under 5	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.2%
75 and over	4.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	San Fernando
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	4.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	92.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	San Fernando
No high school diploma	51.8%	35.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	San Fernando
Drove alone	67.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	14.9%	13.5%
Public transit	4.1%	2.2%
Walked	4.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.0%
Other means	4.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	San Fernando
1-unit, detached	53.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	San Fernando
Poverty rate	18.6%	10.5%
Average household size	3.84	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1952	1956