Scores by category

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

Safety29#11,039/15,637
Economy63#5,840/15,631
Housing21#11,879/14,977
Health82#2,878/15,609
Healthcare78#3,458/15,650
Environment2#15,107/15,453
Education17#12,929/15,649
Infrastructure67#5,159/15,650
Community22#12,247/15,651
Leisure & amenities86#2,129/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where San Gabriel, 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

Adult obesity · low18.5%
100/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
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
Depression · low15.1%
98/100California 20.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
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

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high43.2%
0/100California 37.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Home price to income ratio · high10.4×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
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
Median Air Quality Index · high74
2/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Days with unhealthy air · high26.9%
2/100California 12.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
60.5% (2015-2019) → 50.7% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$62,541 (2015-2019) → $90,488 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
38.5% (2015-2019) → 30.5% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
9.2% (2015-2019) → 4.8% (2020-2024)
−4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
88.3% (2015-2019) → 92.6% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
32.3% (2015-2019) → 35.6% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, San Gabriel, California improved on 7 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 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.

Improved7

Rent / income−8 points38.5% → 30.5%
Uninsured−4.4 points9.2% → 4.8%
Rent burden−9.8 points60.5% → 50.7%
Household income+45%$62,541 → $90,488
Inequality−0.0270.473 → 0.445

Declined1

Transit use−2.6 points3.8% → 1.1%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of San Gabriel, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.4 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	−2.0 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	88.3%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	27%
Child poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	77.9%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	10.9×2015-2019	10.5×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4732015-2019	0.4452020-2024	−0.027	Improved	72%
Median household income	$62,5412015-2019	$90,4882020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%
Poverty rate	12.8%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Public transit commuters	3.8%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	38.5%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	−8 points	Improved	90%
Rent-burdened households	60.5%2015-2019	50.7%2020-2024	−9.8 points	Improved	82%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Improved	84%

“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 San Gabriel, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of San Gabriel, 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, San Gabriel, California itself moved +7.5 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

38,392 residents (±84)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−2.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

38,392 residents (±84)

San Gabriel, California
California share

White9.6%3,670
Black1.4%†544
Hispanic or Latino26%9,984
Asian60%22,862
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†115
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.6%†239
Other or two or more races2.5%†978

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (+0.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

29,092 residents (±533)

San Gabriel, California
California share

No high school diploma21%6,048
High school or GED22%6,355
Some college15%4,221
Associate degree7.3%2,115
Bachelor's degree24%7,116
Graduate degree11%3,237

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−4.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

12,612 households (±493)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Under $25k14%1,703
$25k–50k15%1,849
$50k–75k13%1,698
$75k–100k13%1,637
$100k–150k18%2,306
$150k–200k12%1,461
$200k or more16%1,958

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,612 households (±493)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Own50%6,351
Rent50%6,261

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

5,861 households (±365)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Under $7501.0%†56
$750–1,0001.2%†73
$1,000–1,50015%889

Home values

6,351 homes (±458)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Under $150k2.6%†162
$150k–250k0.4%†27
$250k–400k1.4%†89

Age of homes

13,818 homes (±503)

San Gabriel, California
California share

2010 or later2.9%†403
2000–20095.0%†694
1980–199917%2,390

Size of homes

13,818 homes (±503)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Studio2.7%†368
1 bedroom9.9%1,373
2 bedrooms38%5,189

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

18,633 workers (±700)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Drive alone73%13,517
Carpool9.8%1,820
Public transit1.1%†208
Walk2.0%†373
Bike1.0%†194
Work from home13%2,420
Other0.5%†101

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

16,213 workers (±697)

San Gabriel, California
California share

Under 15 min21%3,431
15–29 min33%5,292
30–44 min26%4,151

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 San Gabriel'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 $168.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in San Gabriel, California: $4.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $168.2K; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$155.5K92%
Department of the Army$11.8K7.0%
Federal Communications Commission$9380.6%

Top recipients

JWK MACHINERY SALES CO, INC.$134.2K80%
TOURBILLON ENTERPRISES LLC$33.1K20%
DIVERSIFIED ALARM SERVICES, INC.$9380.6%
231 SHEEP LLC$00.0%
CH2M HILL, INC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

159.3KFY2017
16.1KFY2018
137.2KFY2021
841.3KFY2022
2.8MFY2023
-666.7KFY2024
150.2KFY2025
168.2KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Metalworking machinery manufacturing · 3335$90.6K54%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$21.3K13%
Cutlery and handtool manufacturing · 3322$16.9K10%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$11.8K7.0%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$7,1654.3%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$5,307

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in San Gabriel, California

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 4) PUENTE VALLEY OPERABLE UNIT DES$3M
CH2M HILL, INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 15, 2023 – Oct 29, 2025· 68HE0923F0091
OCUELAR - REMOTE EYE DROP MEDICATION ADHERENCE SOLUTION$749.9K
231 SHEEP LLC· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jul 22, 2022 – May 14, 2026· FA864922P1056
LA ALARM$1,110
DIVERSIFIED ALARM SERVICES, INC.· Los Angeles County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 273FCC26P0068

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 San Gabriel, California, so they do not add up across cities.

San Gabriel, California's figures are part of those of Los Angeles County, CA ($14.2B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: San Gabriel 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.

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