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South El Monte, CA

19,287 Population
2.8 square miles 6,782.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,948 ±$1,697 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $47,931 ±$212
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$72,990 ±$7,936 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $95,958 ±$378
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

20.9% ±5.1% (4,023  ±980) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 1,623,320 (±0.1% / ±18,209)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

27.3 minutes ±2.1 (210,085  ±20,682) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.5 152,295,600 (±0.1 / ±584,790)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

5,087 ±290 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,499,409 ±6,354
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3.8 ±0.2 (19,259  ±96) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,723,407
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

5.9% ±2% (275  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 136,477 (±0.1% / ±3,003)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

5,292 ±306 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,796,635 ±1,079
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$601,000 ±$25,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $871,300 ±$1,892
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

4% ±1.3% (766  ±254.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 1,238,970 (±0.1% / ±13,962.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

55.1% ±4% (7,133  ±590.6) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.4% 7,524,666
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
10.5% ±1.8% (1,359  ±244.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38% 3,468,765
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

45.6% ±3% (8,786  ±571) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.7% 4,241,527
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

2.4% ±1% (351  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9% 296,725 (±0% / ±3,973)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
351 Total veterans ±150 346 Male ±150 5 Female ±7

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