Santa Monica vs South Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Monica and South Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

Santa Monica and South Gate are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Gate has the higher population (91,836 vs 91,535 in Santa Monica). Santa Monica has the higher median household income ($109,739 vs $71,315 in South Gate). Santa Monica has the higher median home value ($1,810,200 vs $608,500 in South Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Monica	South Gate
Population	91,535	91,836
Median age	42.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,739	$71,315
Median home value	$1,810,200	$608,500
Median gross rent	$2,338	$1,471
Housing units	52,381	25,430
Homeownership rate	28.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Monica	South Gate
Population	91,577 → 91,535 (-0.0%)	94,642 → 91,836 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$96,570 → $109,739 (+13.6%)	$52,321 → $71,315 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$1,382,700 → $1,810,200 (+30.9%)	$408,200 → $608,500 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $2,338 (+29.7%)	$1,160 → $1,471 (+26.8%)

Santa Monica

Population

91,57791,535

Median household income

$96,570$109,739

Median home value

$1,382,700$1,810,200

Median gross rent

$1,802$2,338

South Gate

Population

94,64291,836

Median household income

$52,321$71,315

Median home value

$408,200$608,500

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Monica	South Gate
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.0%
75 and over	9.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Monica	South Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	2.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	95.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Monica	South Gate
No high school diploma	5.2%	40.9%
High school graduate	8.5%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Monica	South Gate
Drove alone	50.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	16.4%
Public transit	2.8%	4.1%
Walked	5.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	33.1%	6.4%
Other means	2.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Monica	South Gate
1-unit, detached	19.3%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	38.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	28.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Santa Monica	South Gate
Poverty rate	11.6%	13.2%
Average household size	1.92	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1967	1952