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Whittier city, California: commercial real estate data.
Whittier city is a Census city of 86,165 people across 14.65 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $97,201, 57.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 163 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $111.7 m.
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Whittier
What Whittier is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.65 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,882
- 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.
Whittier
How many people live in Whittier
- Population86,165
- Median age38.4
- Population under 1819,532
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over12,903
- Share 65 and over15.0 percent
- Households28,099
- Family households20,539
- Share of households that are families73.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whittier
Income and work in Whittier
- Median household income$97,201
- Per capita income$41,927
- Civilian labor force42,943
- Employed40,620
- Unemployed2,323
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over58,405
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whittier
Housing in Whittier
- Housing units29,734
- Occupied units28,099
- Vacant units1,635 plus or minus 330
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied16,257
- Renter occupied11,842
- Ownership rate57.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$822,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,906
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.5 percent
- Single family units20,940
- Share single family70.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,515
- Share in buildings of two or more28.6 percent
- Mobile homes228 plus or minus 106
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whittier
How Whittier gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute35,039
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,304
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more19,075
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.4 percent
- Drove alone75.3 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home11.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whittier
SBA loans in Whittier (7(a))
- Approvals163
- Gross approval$111,691,400
- Average approval$685,223
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,630,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,584
- Jobs per approval9.7
- Loans with a final outcome34
- Paid in full31
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.8 percent
- Share to franchises9.8 percent
- Distinct lenders43
- Distinct industries by NAICS82
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Whittier
SBA loans in Whittier (504)
- Approvals78
- Gross approval$60,941,000
- Average approval$781,295
- Median approval$494,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported824
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs10
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Whittier
Flood risk in Whittier
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060169
- Currently effective map date09/26/08
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 Whittier
Los Angeles County context, not 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 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 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.
- 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
Whittier questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Whittier, California?
86,165, in 28,099 households. Whittier city covers 14.65 square miles of land, which is 5,882 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is 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 Whittier?
$97,201. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $822,600. Median gross rent is $1,906 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Whittier businesses?
163 7(a) approvals totalling $111.7 m, across 43 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 78 504 approvals worth $60.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Whittier, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Whittier borrowers get paid back?
Of the 34 loans that have reached a final outcome, 31 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Whittier in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Whittier appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060169, 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 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 Whittier.
Is zoning published for Whittier?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.