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Whittier, CA

84,149 Population
14.6 square miles 5,744.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,365 ±$3,690 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,589 ±$379
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$95,895 ±$15,953 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $91,960 ±$779
  • about the same as the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

11.7% ±5.5% (9,703  ±4,526) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,585,798 (±0.3% / ±38,842)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

33.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,176,250  ±50,926) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.9 158,071,870 (±0.1 / ±561,489)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

27,466 ±1,627 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,542,998 ±10,740
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3 ±0.2 (82,507  ±257) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,545,130 (±0 / ±2,416)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

7.9% ±3.7% (1,618  ±779) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 130,398 (±0.2% / ±7,499)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

29,497 ±1,873 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,828,892 ±863
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$795,800 ±$38,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $867,200 ±$4,333
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

6.7% ±2.7% (5,561  ±2,242.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,173,921 (±0.3% / ±32,630.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

89.9% ±5% (48,486  ±3,643.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 7,495,534 (±0.5% / ±45,581.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
32.1% ±3.4% (17,319  ±2,047.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 3,487,205 (±0.3% / ±29,272.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

18.1% ±3% (15,256  ±2,521) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,207,484
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

3.5% ±1.1% (2,126  ±669) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 287,466 (±0.1% / ±8,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,126 Total veterans ±669 2,059 Male ±650 67 Female ±110

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