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WillowbrookCA

Willowbrook, CA is a 36K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $62,582.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Willowbrook, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Willowbrook has a population larger than 70% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $559,200.

Data updated 2026-09-03

36K
Population (place)
Top 30%
By size
$62,582
Median income (place)
$559,200
Median home (place)
18.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Willowbrook

Willowbrook posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 27%
by median income, US cities

Where Willowbrook income ranks nationally

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

$62,582 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Willowbrook $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 Willowbrook, CA beyond the headline numbers

Willowbrook sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 33.92°N, -118.26°W. Population 35,983, $62,582 median household income. Median home value $559,200, median rent $1,570. Poverty rate 18.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

18.3% of Willowbrook, 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 Willowbrook costs around 8.9 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.

Remote work covers 9.4% of Willowbrook workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 21.9% in Willowbrook, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.8% of Willowbrook workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Willowbrook's median age is 33.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Willowbrook 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)
35,983
Willowbrook · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$62,582
-30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$559,200
+35% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Willowbrook'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 Willowbrook, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,570/mo
Poverty Rate
18.3% +48% vs avg
Unemployment 11.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 11.4%
Work From Home 9.4%
Public Transit 2.8%

Population

White 12.2%
African American 15.9%
Asian 1.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.1%
Physical Inactivity
34.6%
Obesity
33.3%
High Blood Pressure
30.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
21.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.4%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Current Smoking
14.4%
Diabetes
14.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 46.1%
Annual Checkup 68.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Stroke
3.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Willowbrook?

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

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Sheet CA-WILLOWBROOK · Willowbrook

Willowbrook: 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 Willowbrook; 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 Willowbrook, CA? ▼
Willowbrook, CA has a population of 35,983 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Willowbrook? ▼
The median household income in Willowbrook, CA is $62,582 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.3%.
What is the median home value in Willowbrook? ▼
The median home value in Willowbrook, CA is $559,200. Median rent is $1,570/month.
What are the top health concerns in Willowbrook? ▼
The top health indicators in Willowbrook include Short Sleep Duration (41.1%), Physical Inactivity (34.6%), Obesity (33.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Willowbrook? ▼
The median age in Willowbrook, CA is 33.5 years. 11.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (18.3% here).

Lafayette, LA 18.3% Roanoke, VA 18.3% Fort Smith, AR 18.3% Victoria, TX 18.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($62,582 here).

Cypress Lake, FL $62,590 Port Angeles, WA $62,606 The Dalles, OR $62,614 Chicopee, MA $62,615

Compare Willowbrook with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Willowbrook'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 Willowbrook 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 Willowbrook 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.