South Gate vs Whittier

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

South Gate and Whittier 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 85,925 in Whittier). Whittier has the higher median household income ($92,374 vs $71,315 in South Gate). Whittier has the higher median home value ($751,700 vs $608,500 in South Gate).

Population, income & housing

	South Gate	Whittier
Population	91,836	85,925
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,315	$92,374
Median home value	$608,500	$751,700
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,829
Housing units	25,430	29,185
Homeownership rate	44.4%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Gate	Whittier
Population	94,642 → 91,836 (-3.0%)	86,090 → 85,925 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$52,321 → $71,315 (+36.3%)	$77,270 → $92,374 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$408,200 → $608,500 (+49.1%)	$574,400 → $751,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,471 (+26.8%)	$1,354 → $1,829 (+35.1%)

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

Whittier

Population

86,09085,925

Median household income

$77,270$92,374

Median home value

$574,400$751,700

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Gate	Whittier
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.1%
75 and over	4.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Gate	Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	2.5%	23.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	95.0%	66.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Gate	Whittier
No high school diploma	40.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Gate	Whittier
Drove alone	69.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	16.4%	9.3%
Public transit	4.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Gate	Whittier
1-unit, detached	54.5%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	13.1%
20 or more units	5.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	South Gate	Whittier
Poverty rate	13.2%	8.8%
Average household size	3.70	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1952	1956