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South Whittier CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
South Whittier CDP is a Census CDP of 55,650 people across 5.34 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $100,800, 64.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
South Whittier
What South Whittier is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.34 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land10,426
- 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.
South Whittier
How many people live in South Whittier
- Population55,650
- Median age36.3
- Population under 1812,735
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over6,350
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent
- Households15,341
- Family households12,444
- Share of households that are families81.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Whittier
Income and work in South Whittier
- Median household income$100,800
- Per capita income$33,807
- Civilian labor force29,676
- Employed28,293
- Unemployed1,383 plus or minus 317
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over37,347
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Whittier
Housing in South Whittier
- Housing units15,690
- Occupied units15,341
- Vacant units349 plus or minus 161
- Vacancy rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied9,931
- Renter occupied5,410
- Ownership rate64.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$708,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,908
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.7 percent
- Single family units12,693
- Share single family80.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,945
- Share in buildings of two or more18.8 percent
- Mobile homes52 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Whittier
How South Whittier gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute25,120
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,620
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more12,719
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.6 percent
- Drove alone74.9 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home8.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Angeles County, not South Whittier
Los Angeles County context, not South Whittier 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 South Whittier 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 South Whittier. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
South Whittier questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in South Whittier, California?
55,650, in 15,341 households. South Whittier CDP covers 5.34 square miles of land, which is 10,426 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is South Whittier 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 South Whittier?
$100,800. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $708,300. Median gross rent is $1,908 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page South Whittier 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 South Whittier.
Is zoning published for South Whittier?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.