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Montebello, California

Montebello is a city in Los Angeles County, California, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area. It has 61,045 residents. Montebello, California has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,600 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #653 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on arts, entertainment and recreation (high), comfortable days (high) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on loneliness (high), high school diploma or higher (low) and high ozone days (high).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,600 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #653 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 61,045 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 7,330.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 0648816

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety29#11,039/15,637
Economy50#7,892/15,631
Housing6#14,026/14,977
Health73#4,242/15,609
Healthcare64#5,661/15,650
Environment2#15,107/15,453
Education8#14,379/15,649
Infrastructure35#10,171/15,650
Community22#12,188/15,651
Leisure & amenities86#2,129/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Montebello, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Los Angeles County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Arts, entertainment and recreation · high20.8 /10k
99/100California 8.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLos Angeles County value
Comfortable days · high44.9%
98/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLos Angeles County value
Public EV charging ports · high19.3 /10k
95/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLos Angeles County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.9 mi
94/100California 4.3 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLos Angeles County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,655
92/100California $1,865United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLos Angeles County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high97.9%
91/100California 94.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLos Angeles County value

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high42.1%
1/100California 37.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · low74.8%
1/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
High ozone days · high75 days
1/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high10.6 µg/m³
1/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Home price to income ratio · high8.7×
2/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Median Air Quality Index · high74
2/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.4% (2015-2019) → 89.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$56,150 (2015-2019) → $79,971 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
2.9 /1k (2021) → 2.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−23%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
22.6% (2015-2019) → 18.7% (2020-2024)
−3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.8% (2015-2019) → 23.0% (2020-2024)
+3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Public transit commutersWorsening
6.0% (2015-2019) → 2.9% (2020-2024)
−3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Montebello, California improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Household income+42%$56,150 → $79,971
Broadband+12 points77.4% → 89.5%
Bachelor's++3.2 points19.8% → 23.0%

Declined1

Transit use−3.1 points6.0% → 2.9%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Montebello, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.4 min2015-2019	31.0 min2020-2024	−2.4 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	53%
Broadband subscriptions	77.4%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	22.6%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	73.6%2015-2019	74.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	8.8×2015-2019	8.7×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4382020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$56,1502015-2019	$79,9712020-2024	+42%	Improved	77%
Poverty rate	13.9%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	6.0%2015-2019	2.9%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Declined	10%
Rent as share of income	33.6%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	58.3%2015-2019	60.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Unemployment rate	7.0%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.7%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Montebello, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montebello, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Montebello, California itself moved +1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

61,045 residents (±41)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

19,683 households (±481)

Montebello, California
California share

Under $25k12%2,363
$25k–50k18%3,586
$50k–75k16%3,209

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

19,683 households (±481)

Montebello, California
California share

Own46%9,043
Rent54%10,640

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

28,418 workers (±1,063)

Montebello, California
California share

Drive alone70%19,980
Carpool13%3,587
Public transit2.9%†838

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Los Angeles County, the county holding most of Montebello's residents.

Los Angeles County has 304,988 employer establishments, 313 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 1.19× California's), with 3,987,736 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,135. The Census Bureau also counts 1,165,040 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 304,988; 1,165,040 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 313; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 3,987,736
Average annual pay: $75,135; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Los Angeles County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	30,830	31.7	1.52×More than typical	277,800	$68,847	53,534
Restaurants and other eating places	21,461	22.1	1.20×About typical	373,539	$30,093	5,079
Lessors of real estate	17,152	17.6	1.43×More than typical	69,681	$79,105	107,046
Management, scientific and technical consulting	11,436	11.8	1.75×More than typical	57,592	$103,308	40,903
Specialty trade contractors	10,621	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	97,612	$71,747	41,817
Offices of physicians	10,598	10.9	1.68×More than typical	62,592	$105,846	7,935
Limited-service restaurants	9,402	9.7	1.20×About typical	159,344	$26,291	1,900
Legal services	8,863	9.1	1.69×More than typical	60,647	$141,160	12,427
Full-service restaurants	8,214	8.4	1.10×About typical	169,457	$34,694	1,953
Offices of other health practitioners	7,524	7.7	1.27×More than typical	42,674	$42,762	21,994
Truck transportation	7,345	7.5	1.49×More than typical	43,158	$60,561	28,358
Motion picture and video industries	7,257	7.5	9.79×More than typical	115,687	$89,432	22,382

Rank places for an industry Open Los Angeles County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,732,568 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $16.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Montebello, California: $273 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $16.7M; +242% vs FY2025
Per resident: $273; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 78%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$7.8M47%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$6.5M39%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.5M8.9%
United States Mint$915.4K5.5%
Department of State$39.2K0.2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$19.3K0.1%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$18.6K0.1%
Department of the Navy$14.4K0.1%

Top recipients

BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$7.7M46%
TROY SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.$6.5M39%
ROYAL PAPER BOX CO. OF CALIFORNIA$915.4K5.5%
SOUTHERN CROSS AVIATION, LLC$846.3K5.1%
VSE AVIATION SERVICES, CO.$450.9K2.7%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6MFY2017
3.2MFY2018
1.4MFY2019
3.3MFY2020
1.5MFY2021
1.8MFY2022
2.3MFY2023
3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$7.7M46%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$5.2M31%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1.3M7.5%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$805.4K4.8%
Printing and related support activities · 3231$465.9K2.8%
Converted paper product manufacturing · 3222$449.5K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Montebello, California

PARTITIONS$2.9M
TROY SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 15UBAS26F00000721
PARTITIONS$1.9M
TROY SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 15UBAS26F00000775
8512133911!NOZZLE,FUEL SPRAY$863K
SOUTHERN CROSS AVIATION, LLC· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 26, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· SPE4A726PB526
PACKAGING - DC COMICS PROGRAM - 2.5 OUNCE SILVER MEDAL

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Montebello, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Montebello, California's figures are part of those of Los Angeles County, CA ($14.2B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Montebello is mostly in Los Angeles County.

See federal money in Los Angeles County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Montebello, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Los Angeles County51100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA56

Other cities and towns in Los Angeles County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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