El Monte, California demographics

El Monte, CA demographics: median age 37.8; 15.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · El Monte city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0622230. The survey estimates a population of 106,109 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in El Monte is 37.8 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.9 years. There are 29,344 households (±657). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.8 ±0.9	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 106,109
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	24,181 ±1,287	22.8% ±1.2 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	24,331 ±1,146	22.9% ±1.1 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	41,302 ±1,519	38.9% ±1.4 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	16,295 ±871	15.4% ±0.8 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 106,109
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	54,132 ±973	51.0% ±0.9 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	51,977 ±978	49.0% ±0.9 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 106,109
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	10,153 ±1,346	9.6% ±1.3 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	616 ±323 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,943 ±1,174	3.7% ±1.1 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	29,200 ±1,767	27.5% ±1.7 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	239 ±118	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	37,018 ±2,454	34.9% ±2.3 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	24,940 ±2,385	23.5% ±2.2 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 106,109
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,856 ±1,920	32.8% ±1.8 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	71,253 ±1,918	67.2% ±1.8 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,344
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	13,312 ±618	45.4% ±1.8 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,898 ±418	13.3% ±1.4 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	6,599 ±484	22.5% ±1.6 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,125 ±467	14.1% ±1.6 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,410 ±263	4.8% ±0.9 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,344
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	11,440 ±503	39.0% ±1.5 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	17,904 ±804	61.0% ±2.4 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,344
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,125 ±467	14.1% ±1.6 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	6,257 ±559	21.3% ±1.8 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	6,140 ±563	20.9% ±1.9 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	5,461 ±525	18.6% ±1.7 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	4,060 ±443	13.8% ±1.5 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,725 ±253	5.9% ±0.9 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,576 ±191	5.4% ±0.6 pp	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 106,109
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	54,038 ±1,452	50.9% ±1.4 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	52,071 ±1,453	49.1% ±1.4 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 100,332
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	18,069 ±1,470	18.0% ±1.5 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	56,640 ±1,889	56.5% ±1.9 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	37 ±47 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	48 ±39 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	40 ±48 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	242 ±136 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	285 ±136	0.3% ±0.1 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	15,816 ±1,162	15.8% ±1.2 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	6,993 ±1,010	7.0% ±1.0 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,097 ±326	1.1% ±0.3 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	792 ±251	0.8% ±0.3 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	24 ±37 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	249 ±280 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 72,258
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	25,545 ±1,394	35.4% ±1.9 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	20,479 ±1,327	28.3% ±1.8 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	11,582 ±780	16.0% ±1.1 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,686 ±430	5.1% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	8,408 ±781	11.6% ±1.1 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,558 ±367	3.5% ±0.5 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 105,223
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	98,744 ±1,180	93.8% ±1.1 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	5,473 ±1,207	5.2% ±1.1 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	507 ±227	0.5% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	145 ±134 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	354 ±157	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

12.9% of El Monte residents (±1.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 89.8% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	El Monte	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	12.9% ±1.1 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.8% ±1.2 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	1.9% ±0.3 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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