Maywood vs Walnut

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

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

Walnut has the higher population (27,857 vs 24,593 in Maywood). Walnut has the higher median household income ($133,762 vs $61,655 in Maywood). Walnut has the higher median home value ($972,500 vs $595,000 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	Walnut
Population	24,593	27,857
Median age	32.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,655	$133,762
Median home value	$595,000	$972,500
Median gross rent	$1,467	$3,120
Housing units	6,465	9,034
Homeownership rate	29.9%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	Walnut
Population	27,332 → 24,593 (-10.0%)	29,903 → 27,857 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$44,241 → $61,655 (+39.4%)	$108,669 → $133,762 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$387,000 → $595,000 (+53.7%)	$774,400 → $972,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,467 (+32.9%)	$2,359 → $3,120 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Maywood	Walnut
Under 5	6.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	15.7%
75 and over	4.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	8.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	67.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	Walnut
No high school diploma	51.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	Walnut
Drove alone	67.6%	68.0%
Carpooled	14.9%	9.0%
Public transit	4.1%	2.4%
Walked	4.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.6%	18.5%
Other means	4.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	Walnut
1-unit, detached	53.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	Walnut
Poverty rate	18.6%	8.6%
Average household size	3.84	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1952	1983