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South Gate, CA

90,935 Population
7.2 square miles 12,564.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,681 ±$4,228 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $45,171 ±$460
  • about half the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
$70,939 ±$10,336 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $87,743 ±$878
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471

17.5% ±4.6% (15,868  ±4,195) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.9% 1,634,388 (±0.3% / ±34,395)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)

32.5 minutes ±2.1 (1,320,395  ±124,384) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.2 153,502,690 (±0.2 / ±1,223,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 28.3 436,695,300 (±0.1 / ±2,279,997)

Families

25,199 ±1,632 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,500,951 ±10,543
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
3.6 ±0.2 (90,819  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,628,166 (±0 / ±2,345)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,154,104 (±41 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±2.6% (1,206  ±609) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 136,710 (±0.2% / ±6,548)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)

Housing

26,083 ±1,760 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,788,314 ±968
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997

$622,000 ±$18,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $847,400 ±$4,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271

6.2% ±1.1% (5,736  ±1,021.3) Moved since previous year * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 1,350,025 (±0.1% / ±13,278.5)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,685,365 (±0.1% / ±28,785.1)

Social

59.3% ±4.6% (35,885  ±3,122.7) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82% 7,424,697 (±0.5% / ±44,137.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
12.4% ±2.6% (7,524  ±1,625.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.6% 3,404,302 (±0.3% / ±29,358.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

39.8% ±3.5% (36,173  ±3,167) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.4% † 4,173,948 (±1,399.5% / ±31,808)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.7% † 10,428,025 (±380.3% / ±57,193)

1.1% ±0.6% (794  ±405) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 277,879 (±0.1% / ±7,841)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
794 Total veterans ±405 749 Male ±414 45 Female ±76

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