Signal Hill vs Sun Village

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

Signal Hill and Sun Village 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 11,009 in Sun Village). Signal Hill has the higher median household income ($102,303 vs $68,284 in Sun Village). Signal Hill has the higher median home value ($725,500 vs $348,100 in Sun Village).

Population, income & housing

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
Population	11,563	11,009
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$102,303	$68,284
Median home value	$725,500	$348,100
Median gross rent	$1,817	$1,650
Housing units	5,037	3,325
Homeownership rate	51.7%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
Population	11,512 → 11,563 (+0.4%)	13,819 → 11,009 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$75,508 → $102,303 (+35.5%)	$46,502 → $68,284 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$505,900 → $725,500 (+43.4%)	$233,500 → $348,100 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,449 → $1,817 (+25.4%)	$1,246 → $1,650 (+32.4%)

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

Sun Village

Population

13,81911,009

Median household income

$46,502$68,284

Median home value

$233,500$348,100

Median gross rent

$1,246$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
Under 5	5.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	19.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	18.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.9%
75 and over	5.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	18.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	24.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.8%	77.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
No high school diploma	12.1%	31.2%
High school graduate	13.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
Drove alone	73.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
1-unit, detached	37.1%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Signal Hill	Sun Village
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.1%
Average household size	2.46	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1980	1983