Montebello vs Monterey Park

A side-by-side comparison of Montebello and Monterey Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montebello has the higher population (61,376 vs 59,639 in Monterey Park). Monterey Park has the higher median household income ($77,605 vs $74,955 in Montebello). Monterey Park has the higher median home value ($818,300 vs $660,700 in Montebello).

Population, income & housing

	Montebello	Monterey Park
Population	61,376	59,639
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,955	$77,605
Median home value	$660,700	$818,300
Median gross rent	$1,771	$1,845
Housing units	20,347	22,081
Homeownership rate	46.0%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montebello	Monterey Park
Population	62,742 → 61,376 (-2.2%)	60,439 → 59,639 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$56,150 → $74,955 (+33.5%)	$61,819 → $77,605 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$492,300 → $660,700 (+34.2%)	$616,000 → $818,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,771 (+32.8%)	$1,400 → $1,845 (+31.8%)

Montebello

Population

62,74261,376

Median household income

$56,150$74,955

Median home value

$492,300$660,700

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,771

Monterey Park

Population

60,43959,639

Median household income

$61,819$77,605

Median home value

$616,000$818,300

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montebello	Monterey Park
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.4%
75 and over	8.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montebello	Monterey Park
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	5.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	13.2%	64.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	78.8%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montebello	Monterey Park
No high school diploma	25.5%	20.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montebello	Monterey Park
Drove alone	72.1%	65.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	12.2%
Public transit	2.8%	2.9%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.2%	15.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montebello	Monterey Park
1-unit, detached	46.8%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	15.1%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Montebello	Monterey Park
Poverty rate	12.8%	13.2%
Average household size	3.10	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1963	1963