Palmdale vs Pomona

A side-by-side comparison of Palmdale and Pomona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmdale has the higher population (165,487 vs 148,391 in Pomona). Palmdale has the higher median household income ($81,151 vs $78,869 in Pomona). Pomona has the higher median home value ($569,600 vs $435,300 in Palmdale).

Population, income & housing

	Palmdale	Pomona
Population	165,487	148,391
Median age	33.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,151	$78,869
Median home value	$435,300	$569,600
Median gross rent	$1,736	$1,738
Housing units	48,505	43,767
Homeownership rate	66.2%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmdale	Pomona
Population	156,293 → 165,487 (+5.9%)	152,209 → 148,391 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$62,865 → $81,151 (+29.1%)	$60,598 → $78,869 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$280,000 → $435,300 (+55.5%)	$394,500 → $569,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,736 (+31.6%)	$1,362 → $1,738 (+27.6%)

Palmdale

Population

156,293165,487

Median household income

$62,865$81,151

Median home value

$280,000$435,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,736

Pomona

Population

152,209148,391

Median household income

$60,598$78,869

Median home value

$394,500$569,600

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmdale	Pomona
Under 5	7.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.7%
75 and over	3.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmdale	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	17.0%	10.0%
Black or African American	13.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	4.3%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	62.8%	71.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmdale	Pomona
No high school diploma	23.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmdale	Pomona
Drove alone	74.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	14.0%
Public transit	1.3%	1.9%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.8%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmdale	Pomona
1-unit, detached	78.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	7.5%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Palmdale	Pomona
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.2%
Average household size	3.55	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	1989	1966