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Gardena city, California: commercial real estate data.
Gardena city is a Census city of 59,422 people across 5.83 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $84,803, 48.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 205 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $182.8 m.
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Gardena
What Gardena is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.83 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land10,194
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gardena
How many people live in Gardena
- Population59,422
- Median age39.6
- Population under 1812,270
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over10,053
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent
- Households20,822
- Family households14,539
- Share of households that are families69.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gardena
Income and work in Gardena
- Median household income$84,803
- Per capita income$37,529
- Civilian labor force31,830
- Employed29,874
- Unemployed1,956
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over42,701
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gardena
Housing in Gardena
- Housing units21,837
- Occupied units20,822
- Vacant units1,015 plus or minus 266
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied10,169
- Renter occupied10,653
- Ownership rate48.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$700,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,809
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.6 percent
- Single family units11,521
- Share single family52.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9,045
- Share in buildings of two or more41.4 percent
- Mobile homes1,247 plus or minus 307
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Gardena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute26,130
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,072
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more11,410
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.7 percent
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent
- Public transport2.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home9.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gardena
SBA loans in Gardena (7(a))
- Approvals205
- Gross approval$182,765,700
- Average approval$891,540
- Median approval$455,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,472,800
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,411
- Jobs per approval11.8
- Loans with a final outcome38
- Paid in full38
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more29.3 percent
- Share to franchises1.5 percent
- Distinct lenders59
- Distinct industries by NAICS114
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gardena
SBA loans in Gardena (504)
- Approvals153
- Gross approval$168,524,000
- Average approval$1,101,464
- Median approval$795,000
- Largest approval$4,290,000
- Jobs supported2,025
- Loans with a final outcome54
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs13
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gardena
Flood risk in Gardena
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060119
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Gardena
Los Angeles County context, not Gardena figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gardena measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gardena. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Gardena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gardena, California?
59,422, in 20,822 households. Gardena city covers 5.83 square miles of land, which is 10,194 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gardena in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gardena?
$84,803. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $700,600. Median gross rent is $1,809 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gardena businesses?
205 7(a) approvals totalling $182.8 m, across 59 lenders, median approval $455,000, plus 153 504 approvals worth $168.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gardena, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gardena borrowers get paid back?
Of the 38 loans that have reached a final outcome, 38 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Gardena in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Gardena appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060119, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Gardena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gardena.
Is zoning published for Gardena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.