Population Size: 115,800
Median Age: 35.1
High school or higher: 57.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
Unemployed: 9.9%
Elevation: 283 feet
Land area: 9.55 square miles
Population density: 12,122 people per square mile
Zip codes: 91731, 91733, 91770
Estimated median household income in 2016: $48,434
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Upper San Gabriel Valley, CA (2.5 miles , pop. 320,969)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (20.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820) Nearest cities: North El Monte, CA (1.4 miles ), South El Monte, CA (1.4 miles ), Upper San Gabriel Valley, CA (1.6 miles ), Temple City, CA (1.6 miles ), Avocado Heights, CA (1.7 miles ), Rosemead, CA (1.8 miles ), Mayflower Village, CA (1.8 miles ), Baldwin Park, CA (1.8 miles )
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $4,127 Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,682
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $430,600
El Monte: $430,600 CA: $477,500
Mean prices in 2016: All housing units: $454,054
Detached houses: $477,118
Townhouses or other attached units: $373,385
In 2-unit structures: $631,418
In 3-to-4-unit structures: over $1,000,000
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $480,415
Mobile homes: $194,246
Median gross rent in 2016: $1,191
Zip codes: 91731, 91733, 91770
El Monte Airport (EMT) (Runways: 1, Air Taxi Ops: 734, Itinerant Ops: 37,124, Local Ops: 51,421, Military Ops: 28)
Wells Fargo-El Monte Heliport (CL27)
El Monte Shopping Center
Five Points Plaza Shopping Center
Norwood Branch County of Los Angeles Public Library
Eaton Wash
Arcadia Wash
Lambert Park
Mountain View Park
Arceo Park
Fletcher Park
Pioneer Park
Zamora Park
Top 5 Restaurants:
Colleges/Universities in El Monte:
Diamond Beauty College (Full-time enrollment: 140; Location: 10301 Garvey Avenue #200; Private, for-profit; Website: www.diamondbeauty.edu)
Professional Institute of Beauty (FT enrollment: 126; Location: 10801 E. Valley Mall; Private, for-profit; Website: www.pib.edu)
Palladium Technical Academy (FT enrollment: 99; Location: 10503 Valley Blvd; Private, for-profit; Website: palladiumta.com)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to El Monte:
Rio Hondo College (about 4 miles; Whittier, CA; Full-time enrollment: 9,610)
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education (about 6 miles; La Puente, CA; FT enrollment: 2,750)
Pasadena City College (about 8 miles; Pasadena, CA; FT enrollment: 14,712)
California Institute of Technology (about 8 miles; Pasadena, CA; FT enrollment: 2,246) East Los Angeles College (about 8 miles; Monterey Park, CA; FT enrollment: 17,297) California State University-Los Angeles (about 9 miles; Los Angeles, CA; FT enrollment: 17,545)
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Pasadena (about 9 miles; Pasadena, CA; FT enrollment: 2,934)
Public high schools in El Monte:
ARROYO HIGH (Students: 1,573, Location: 4921 N. CEDAR AVE., Grades: 9-12) (7/10 greatschools)
EL MONTE HIGH (Students: 1,379, Location: 3048 N. TYLER AVE., Grades: 9-12) (4/10 greatschools)
MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH (Students: 1,368, Location: 2900 PKWY. DR., Grades: 9-12) (4/10 greatschools)
FERNANDO R. LEDESMA CONTINUATION HIGH (Students: 82, Location: 12347 RAMONA BLVD., Grades: 10-12)
EL MONTE UNION HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY DAY (Students: 11, Location: 5050 KINGS ROW, Grades: 9-12)
Biggest public elementary/middle schools in El Monte:
ALFRED S. MADRID MIDDLE (Students: 1,030, Location: 3300 GILMAN RD., Grades: 6-8) (3/10 Greatschools)
CHARLES T. KRANZ INTERMEDIATE (Students: 1,016, Location: 12460 FINEVIEW ST., Grades: 7-8) (4/10 greatschools)
POTRERO ELEMENTARY (Students: 770, Location: 2611 N. POTRERO AVE., Grades: KG-8) (4/10 greatschools)
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY (Students: 702, Location: 11317 E. MCGIRK RD., Grades: KG-8) (6/10 greatschools)
DURFEE ELEMENTARY (Students: 686, Location: 12233 STAR ST., Grades: KG-8) (7/10 greatschools)
GIDLEY ELEMENTARY (Students: 539, Location: 10226 E. LOWER AZUSA RD., Grades: KG-8) (5/10 greatschools)
MAXSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 531, Location: 12380 FELIPE ST., Grades: KG-6) (5/10 greatschools)
BAKER ELEMENTARY (Students: 513, Location: 12043 EXLINE ST., Grades: KG-5) (4/10 greatschools)
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY (Students: 399, Location: 11111 THIENES AVE., Grades: KG-8) (6/10 greatschools)
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY (Students: 398, Location: 3900 GILMAN RD., Grades: KG-6) (4/10 greatschools)
Private elementary/middle schools in El Monte:
EL MONTE EDUCATION CENTER (Students: 200, Location: 4300 ESTO AVENUE, Grades: KG-8)
K-STEP MONTESSORI (Students: 166, Location: 3400 AERO JET AVE, Grades: PK-1) PEARL PREPARATORY SCHOOL (Students: 80, Location: 10900 MULHALL ST, Grades: KG-5)
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2016, including police officers: 152 (108 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here: 0.92 California average: 1.39
Crime Index: 237.0
Average US cities: 280.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2013 was 167. This is significantly worse than average.
El Monte-area historical earthquake activity is near California state average.
