Monrovia vs Rancho Palos Verdes

A side-by-side comparison of Monrovia and Rancho Palos Verdes: population, income, housing, and more.

Monrovia and Rancho Palos Verdes are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher population (41,259 vs 37,553 in Monrovia). Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher median household income ($175,307 vs $97,083 in Monrovia). Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher median home value ($1,541,400 vs $891,700 in Monrovia).

Population, income & housing

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
Population	37,553	41,259
Median age	38.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,083	$175,307
Median home value	$891,700	$1,541,400
Median gross rent	$2,009	$3,501
Housing units	14,796	16,612
Homeownership rate	47.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	69.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
Population	36,816 → 37,553 (+2.0%)	42,030 → 41,259 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$77,111 → $97,083 (+25.9%)	$138,557 → $175,307 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$663,400 → $891,700 (+34.4%)	$1,156,700 → $1,541,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $2,009 (+26.4%)	$2,643 → $3,501 (+32.5%)

Monrovia

Population

36,81637,553

Median household income

$77,111$97,083

Median home value

$663,400$891,700

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,009

Rancho Palos Verdes

Population

42,03041,259

Median household income

$138,557$175,307

Median home value

$1,156,700$1,541,400

Median gross rent

$2,643$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
Under 5	6.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.4%
75 and over	5.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	46.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	15.5%	31.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
No high school diploma	9.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
Drove alone	71.0%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.8%
Public transit	2.2%	1.5%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.6%	23.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
1-unit, detached	58.9%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	10.9%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Monrovia	Rancho Palos Verdes
Poverty rate	10.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1962	1967