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Los Angeles County (Central)--LA City (East Central/Central City & Boyle Heights) PUMA, CA

186,468 Population
15.3 square miles 12,173.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,794 ±$3,378 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$57,016 ±$6,937 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

23% ±3.9% (40,848  ±7,197) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

29.1 minutes ±3.6 (2,122,145  ±184,988) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 28.3 436,695,300 (±0.1 / ±2,279,997)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

73,679 ±3,296 Number of households
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.1 (173,303  ±10,035) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,154,104 (±41 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3.3% ±1.6% (1,621  ±769) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

80,351 ±3,484 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$682,300 ±$31,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

19.4% ±2.3% (35,912  ±4,704.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

69.5% ±2.1% (93,274  ±5,432.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
30.1% ±2.4% (40,442  ±3,833.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

68.8% ±2.3% (123,516  ±5,195.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 43.9% 16,271,726 (±0.1% / ±49,121.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

39% ±1.9% (72,697  ±5,270) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.7% † 10,428,025 (±380.3% / ±57,193)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

1.3% ±0.4% (2,041  ±646) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
2,041 Total veterans ±646 1,779 Male ±620 262 Female ±224

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