City safety & data profile

CudahyCA

Cudahy, CA is a 24K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $56,615.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cudahy, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cudahy has a population larger than 54% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $494,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

24K
Population (place)
Top 46%
By size
$56,615
Median income (place)
$494,100
Median home (place)
28.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cudahy

Cudahy posts a median household income higher than 17% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 18%
by median income, US cities

Where Cudahy income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$56,615 Bottom 17% higher than 17% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cudahy $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Cudahy, CA beyond the headline numbers

Cudahy sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 33.96°N, -118.19°W. Population 24,311, $56,615 median household income. Median home value $494,100, median rent $1,711. Poverty rate 28.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

28.7% of Cudahy, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Cudahy costs around 8.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 4.4% of Cudahy workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 28.5% in Cudahy, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

5% of Cudahy workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Cudahy's median age is 30.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cudahy from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
24,311
Cudahy · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$56,615
-37% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$494,100
+19% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Cudahy's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
9.8M-1%
Median Income
$90,112+61%
Median Home Value
$834,200+99%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-23%
Unemployment
7.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cudahy, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,711/mo
Poverty Rate
28.7% +131% vs avg
Unemployment 10.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 6.5%
Work From Home 4.4%
Public Transit 5%

Population

White 12.5%
African American 0.4%
Asian 0.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Physical Inactivity
40.6%
Short Sleep Duration
40.3%
Obesity
34.9%
High Blood Pressure
29.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
28.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
20%
Current Smoking
16.3%
Diabetes
15.7%
Binge Drinking
15.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 41.6%
Annual Checkup 65.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
3.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Cudahy?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cudahy right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-CUDAHY-CA · Cudahy

Cudahy: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cudahy; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Cudahy, CA? ▼
Cudahy, CA has a population of 24,311 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Cudahy? ▼
The median household income in Cudahy, CA is $56,615 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 28.7%.
What is the median home value in Cudahy? ▼
The median home value in Cudahy, CA is $494,100. Median rent is $1,711/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cudahy? ▼
The top health indicators in Cudahy include Physical Inactivity (40.6%), Short Sleep Duration (40.3%), Obesity (34.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Cudahy? ▼
The median age in Cudahy, CA is 30.7 years. 6.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cudahy, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (28.7% here).

Reading, PA 28.7% Radford, VA 28.7% Bowling Green, OH 28.6% Mercedes, TX 28.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($56,615 here).

Pampa, TX $56,626 New Orleans, LA $56,631 Federal Heights, CO $56,597 Bethany, OK $56,591

Compare Cudahy with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Bell, CA 36K Maywood, CA 28K South Gate, CA 96K Bell Gardens, CA 43K Lynwood, CA 72K Walnut Park, CA 16K Huntington Park, CA 59K Commerce, CA 13K
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Using Cudahy's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cudahy area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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  • Compare Cudahy against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Los Angeles County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.