Sierra Madre vs Signal Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Sierra Madre and Signal Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Sierra Madre and Signal Hill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Signal Hill has the higher population (11,563 vs 11,020 in Sierra Madre). Sierra Madre has the higher median household income ($141,094 vs $102,303 in Signal Hill). Sierra Madre has the higher median home value ($1,172,200 vs $725,500 in Signal Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
Population	11,020	11,563
Median age	46.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,094	$102,303
Median home value	$1,172,200	$725,500
Median gross rent	$2,086	$1,817
Housing units	5,113	5,037
Homeownership rate	57.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.4%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
Population	10,932 → 11,020 (+0.8%)	11,512 → 11,563 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$100,988 → $141,094 (+39.7%)	$75,508 → $102,303 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$969,700 → $1,172,200 (+20.9%)	$505,900 → $725,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,615 → $2,086 (+29.2%)	$1,449 → $1,817 (+25.4%)

Sierra Madre

Population

10,93211,020

Median household income

$100,988$141,094

Median home value

$969,700$1,172,200

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,086

Signal Hill

Population

11,51211,563

Median household income

$75,508$102,303

Median home value

$505,900$725,500

Median gross rent

$1,449$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	19.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.5%
75 and over	10.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	25.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	17.0%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	37.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
No high school diploma	2.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	8.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.9%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
Drove alone	67.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	6.5%
Public transit	4.8%	1.9%
Walked	0.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.2%	16.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
1-unit, detached	62.7%	37.1%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	21.6%
20 or more units	5.3%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sierra Madre	Signal Hill
Poverty rate	4.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1959	1980