Paramount vs Rosemead

A side-by-side comparison of Paramount and Rosemead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paramount has the higher population (52,546 vs 50,340 in Rosemead). Rosemead has the higher median household income ($72,248 vs $70,912 in Paramount). Rosemead has the higher median home value ($729,600 vs $500,400 in Paramount).

Population, income & housing

	Paramount	Rosemead
Population	52,546	50,340
Median age	33.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,912	$72,248
Median home value	$500,400	$729,600
Median gross rent	$1,772	$1,728
Housing units	14,585	15,220
Homeownership rate	43.4%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paramount	Rosemead
Population	54,513 → 52,546 (-3.6%)	54,282 → 50,340 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$55,670 → $70,912 (+27.4%)	$57,999 → $72,248 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$343,800 → $500,400 (+45.5%)	$556,600 → $729,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,388 → $1,772 (+27.7%)	$1,353 → $1,728 (+27.7%)

Paramount

Population

54,51352,546

Median household income

$55,670$70,912

Median home value

$343,800$500,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,772

Rosemead

Population

54,28250,340

Median household income

$57,999$72,248

Median home value

$556,600$729,600

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paramount	Rosemead
Under 5	5.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	11.6%
75 and over	3.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paramount	Rosemead
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	3.7%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	64.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	82.3%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paramount	Rosemead
No high school diploma	34.1%	33.8%
High school graduate	29.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paramount	Rosemead
Drove alone	75.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	12.1%
Public transit	3.1%	1.9%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paramount	Rosemead
1-unit, detached	43.6%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.9%
20 or more units	18.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Paramount	Rosemead
Poverty rate	13.3%	14.1%
Average household size	3.64	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1970	1959