Rowland Heights

Population & Demographics

Rowland Heights, CA

Rowland Heights is home to 45,911 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,624 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
45,911
people
Population

45,911 residents

Median age 46.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Rowland Heights population & demographics

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

Population
45,911
Median age
46.9yrs
Median household income
$85,617
Median home value
$851,300
Median gross rent
$1,967/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
36.1%
Poverty rate
12.4%

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 Rowland Heights

How Rowland Heights 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).

Asian60.8%
Hispanic or Latino29.5%
White6.3%
Black1.4%
Two or more races1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Some other race0.2%

Race across Rowland Heights

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 Rowland Heights.

Rowland Heights at a glance
Employed Residents
21,624
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rowland Heights 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 Rowland Heights 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

36 / 100

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

Rowland Heights

21,624 commutes, one dot at a time

Rowland Heights

Where 21,624 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Los Angeles28.6 mi2,526
2Rowland Heights0.0 mi1,679
3Industry3.8 mi1,626
4Anaheim10.1 mi709
5Diamond Bar4.2 mi571
6Irvine21.4 mi495
7Fullerton7.3 mi457
8Ontario16.0 mi455

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rowland Heights.

1Rowland Heights0.0 mi1,679
2Diamond Bar4.2 mi481
3West Covina5.4 mi411
4Los Angeles28.6 mi372
5Hacienda Heights4.5 mi319
6Chino Hills9.7 mi296
7Pomona9.5 mi280
8Walnut3.8 mi217

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rowland Heights’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%)
AFAccommodation and Food Services21.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.1%
RTRetail Trade12.4%
EDEducational Services12.0%
WSWholesale Trade6.1%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.2%
FIFinance and Insurance4.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Rowland Heights

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

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Rowland Heights

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