East Los Angeles

Population & Demographics

East Los Angeles, CA

East Los Angeles is home to 111,647 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 47,941 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
111,647
people
Population

111,647 residents

Median age 34.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

East Los Angeles population & demographics

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

Population
111,647
Median age
34.7yrs
Median household income
$68,741
Median home value
$643,100
Median gross rent
$1,494/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
11.4%
Poverty rate
17.3%

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 East Los Angeles

How East Los Angeles 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 Latino95.5%
White2.2%
Asian1.3%
Black0.5%
Some other race0.3%
Two or more races0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across East Los Angeles

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 East Los Angeles.

East Los Angeles at a glance
Employed Residents
47,941
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
5.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for East Los Angeles 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 East Los Angeles 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

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

East Los Angeles

47,941 commutes, one dot at a time

East Los Angeles

Where 47,941 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in East Los Angeles, by worker count.

1Los Angeles12.6 mi14,851
2East Los Angeles0.0 mi2,535
3Commerce2.2 mi1,912
4Pasadena8.8 mi1,073
5Montebello3.1 mi1,026
6Vernon3.3 mi877
7Monterey Park2.2 mi814
8Santa Fe Springs8.5 mi800

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into East Los Angeles.

1Los Angeles12.6 mi4,493
2East Los Angeles0.0 mi2,535
3Montebello3.1 mi436
4Downey6.7 mi298
5Pico Rivera5.2 mi283
6Whittier9.0 mi270
7Alhambra4.0 mi250
8South Gate6.2 mi249

Top industries

The sectors that employ East Los Angeles’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 Assistance30.7%
EDEducational Services19.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.0%
RTRetail Trade8.2%
MFManufacturing7.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.4%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.5%
WSWholesale Trade3.2%
Connectivity

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