Montebello vs Pico Rivera

A side-by-side comparison of Montebello and Pico Rivera: population, income, housing, and more.

Montebello and Pico Rivera 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 60,821 in Pico Rivera). Pico Rivera has the higher median household income ($86,956 vs $74,955 in Montebello). Montebello has the higher median home value ($660,700 vs $621,400 in Pico Rivera).

Population, income & housing

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
Population	61,376	60,821
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,955	$86,956
Median home value	$660,700	$621,400
Median gross rent	$1,771	$1,775
Housing units	20,347	17,281
Homeownership rate	46.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
Population	62,742 → 61,376 (-2.2%)	63,001 → 60,821 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$56,150 → $74,955 (+33.5%)	$67,636 → $86,956 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$492,300 → $660,700 (+34.2%)	$440,600 → $621,400 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,771 (+32.8%)	$1,403 → $1,775 (+26.5%)

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

Pico Rivera

Population

63,00160,821

Median household income

$67,636$86,956

Median home value

$440,600$621,400

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	3.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	13.2%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	78.8%	90.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
No high school diploma	25.5%	27.8%
High school graduate	26.3%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
Drove alone	72.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.4%
Public transit	2.8%	2.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
1-unit, detached	46.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	15.1%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Montebello	Pico Rivera
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.6%
Average household size	3.10	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1963	1957