Gardena

Population & Demographics

Gardena, CA

Gardena is home to 59,422 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 29,333 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
59,422
people
Population

59,422 residents

Median age 39.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Gardena population & demographics

Who lives in Gardena — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
59,422
Median age
39.6yrs
Median household income
$84,803
Median home value
$700,600
Median gross rent
$1,809/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.9%
Poverty rate
11.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Gardena

How Gardena breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino44.4%
Asian25.6%
Black17.2%
White7.4%
Two or more races4.4%
Some other race0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Gardena

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Gardena.

Gardena at a glance
Employed Residents
29,333
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
6.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Gardena proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Gardena commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

45 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Gardena

29,333 commutes, one dot at a time

Gardena

Where 29,333 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Gardena, by worker count.

1Los Angeles13.8 mi8,933
2Torrance4.4 mi2,251
3Gardena0.0 mi1,865
4El Segundo6.1 mi980
5Long Beach10.3 mi937
6Carson4.6 mi801
7Hawthorne2.8 mi649
8Culver City9.5 mi554

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Gardena.

1Los Angeles13.8 mi5,171
2Gardena0.0 mi1,865
3Torrance4.4 mi1,204
4Long Beach10.3 mi1,041
5Carson4.6 mi648
6Hawthorne2.8 mi585
7Compton4.8 mi512
8Inglewood4.9 mi415

Top industries

The sectors that employ Gardena’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.5%
MFManufacturing14.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.8%
RTRetail Trade13.1%
COConstruction8.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.8%
WSWholesale Trade5.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.7%
EDEducational Services3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Gardena

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps80%
5 Gbps80%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Gardena

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