Monterey Park vs Pico Rivera

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

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

Pico Rivera has the higher population (60,821 vs 59,639 in Monterey Park). Pico Rivera has the higher median household income ($86,956 vs $77,605 in Monterey Park). Monterey Park has the higher median home value ($818,300 vs $621,400 in Pico Rivera).

Population, income & housing

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
Population	59,639	60,821
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,605	$86,956
Median home value	$818,300	$621,400
Median gross rent	$1,845	$1,775
Housing units	22,081	17,281
Homeownership rate	51.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
Population	60,439 → 59,639 (-1.3%)	63,001 → 60,821 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$61,819 → $77,605 (+25.5%)	$67,636 → $86,956 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$616,000 → $818,300 (+32.8%)	$440,600 → $621,400 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,400 → $1,845 (+31.8%)	$1,403 → $1,775 (+26.5%)

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

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)

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
Under 5	3.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.8%
75 and over	12.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
White (non-Hispanic)	5.6%	3.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	64.4%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	90.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
No high school diploma	20.5%	27.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
Drove alone	65.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.4%
Public transit	2.9%	2.5%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
1-unit, detached	56.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Monterey Park	Pico Rivera
Poverty rate	13.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.86	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1963	1957