South San Gabriel vs Topanga

A side-by-side comparison of South San Gabriel and Topanga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Topanga has the higher population (8,781 vs 8,084 in South San Gabriel). Topanga has the higher median household income ($142,553 vs $76,921 in South San Gabriel). Topanga has the higher median home value ($1,643,000 vs $655,400 in South San Gabriel).

Population, income & housing

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
Population	8,084	8,781
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,921	$142,553
Median home value	$655,400	$1,643,000
Median gross rent	$2,059	$3,501
Housing units	2,416	3,563
Homeownership rate	67.5%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
Population	8,138 → 8,084 (-0.7%)	7,900 → 8,781 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $76,921 (+9.9%)	$128,546 → $142,553 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$521,600 → $655,400 (+25.7%)	$1,064,400 → $1,643,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,612 → $2,059 (+27.7%)	$3,088 → $3,501 (+13.4%)

South San Gabriel

Population

8,1388,084

Median household income

$70,000$76,921

Median home value

$521,600$655,400

Median gross rent

$1,612$2,059

Topanga

Population

7,9008,781

Median household income

$128,546$142,553

Median home value

$1,064,400$1,643,000

Median gross rent

$3,088$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.2%
75 and over	9.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
White (non-Hispanic)	6.4%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	69.5%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
No high school diploma	23.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
Drove alone	75.7%	52.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.3%	33.3%
Other means	0.3%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
1-unit, detached	88.5%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	South San Gabriel	Topanga
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.7%
Average household size	3.31	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1965	1971