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Sierra MadreCA

Sierra Madre, CA is a 11K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $143,547.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sierra Madre, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sierra Madre has a population larger than 7% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $1,226,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 8%
By size
$143,547
Median income (place)
$1,226,800
Median home (place)
4.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre posts a median household income higher than 91% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 9%
by median income, US cities

Where Sierra Madre income ranks nationally

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

$143,547 Top 9% higher than 91% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sierra Madre $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 Sierra Madre, CA beyond the headline numbers

Sierra Madre sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 34.16°N, -118.05°W. Population 11,163, $143,547 median household income. Median home value $1,226,800, median rent $2,198. Poverty rate 4.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.6% of Sierra Madre, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Sierra Madre costs around 8.5 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.

24.3% of Sierra Madre workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 21.5% in Sierra Madre, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.7% of Sierra Madre workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 44.8 years, Sierra Madre's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sierra Madre 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)
11,163
Sierra Madre · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$143,547
+61% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,226,800
+197% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Sierra Madre'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 Sierra Madre, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,198/mo
Poverty Rate
4.6% -63% vs avg
Unemployment 2.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 64%
Work From Home 24.3%
Public Transit 2.7%

Population

White 56%
African American 8%
Asian 17.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
30.4%
Short Sleep Duration
29.8%
Obesity
21.5%
Physical Inactivity
15.6%
Binge Drinking
15.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.9%
Diabetes
9.5%
Current Asthma
8.9%
Current Smoking
6.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 76.6%
Annual Checkup 77.3%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
3.7%
Stroke
2.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Sierra Madre?

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

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Sheet CA-SIERRA-MADRE · Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre: 3 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Sierra Madre

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Sierra Madre.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Sierra Madre, CA? ▼
Sierra Madre, CA has a population of 11,163 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Sierra Madre? ▼
The median household income in Sierra Madre, CA is $143,547 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.6%.
What is the median home value in Sierra Madre? ▼
The median home value in Sierra Madre, CA is $1,226,800. Median rent is $2,198/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sierra Madre? ▼
The top health indicators in Sierra Madre include High Blood Pressure (30.4%), Short Sleep Duration (29.8%), Obesity (21.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Sierra Madre? ▼
The median age in Sierra Madre, CA is 44.8 years. 64% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (4.6% here).

Franklin, TN 4.6% Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% The Acreage, FL 4.6% Pleasant Grove, UT 4.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($143,547 here).

Chanhassen, MN $143,651 Fort Washington, MD $143,333 Franklin Square, NY $143,263 Falls Church, VA $143,262

Compare Sierra Madre with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Arcadia, CA 58K Temple City, CA 36K Monrovia, CA 37K San Marino, CA 13K Duarte, CA 22K East San Gabriel, CA 15K Altadena, CA 43K Rosemead, CA 55K
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Using Sierra Madre'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 Sierra Madre area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Sierra Madre 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.