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Bell Gardens, CA

42,421 Population
2.5 square miles 17,254.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$13,215 ±$480 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $35,916 ±$178
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $36,955 ±$129
$42,223 ±$1,885 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $72,998 ±$326
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $75,235 ±$232

28.3% ±2.6% (11,899  ±1,078) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.9% 1,820,494 (±0.1% / ±18,264)
  • more than double the rate in California: 13.4% 5,149,742 (±0.1% / ±38,666)

30.8 minutes ±0.7 (536,350  ±21,173) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.9 185,667,455 (±0.1 / ±639,231)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29.8 509,970,415 (±0.1 / ±1,354,876)

Families

9,823 ±284 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,354,287 ±6,885
  • California: 13,044,266 ±20,333
4.3 ±0.1 (42,018  ±224) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 13,026,205
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 3 38,462,235

5.5% ±1.3% (636  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 148,779 (±0.1% / ±2,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.9% 469,884 (±0.1% / ±5,597)

Housing

9,984 ±291 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,643,249 ±1,188
  • California: 14,175,976 ±1,184

$388,100 ±$18,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $613,400 ±$1,254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $505,000 ±$1,147

5.2% ±1.1% (2,159  ±452) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.9% 1,424,990 (±0.1% / ±14,809.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12.9% 4,993,305 (±0.1% / ±29,689.5)

Social

49.9% ±2.4% (12,243  ±665.6) High school grad or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 80.7% 7,303,215 (±0.2% / ±19,109.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 83.3% 22,052,868 (±0.2% / ±39,734.1)
5.4% ±0.9% (1,332  ±218.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 34.5% 3,121,165 (±0.1% / ±12,194.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 33.9% 8,980,726 (±0.1% / ±23,065.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

42.1% ±1.4% (17,876  ±613) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.1% 4,384,641 (±0.1% / ±17,215)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.9% 10,547,210 (±0.1% / ±36,592)

0.6% ±0.3% (189  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.6% 369,553 (±0% / ±3,930)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in California: 5.2% 1,574,531 (±0% / ±8,842)
189 Total veterans ±73 175 Male ±69 14 Female ±18

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