Housing density: 5,209 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $5,626,250.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,535 (lower quartile is $1,298, upper quartile is $1,842)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,378
Median gross rent in Hawthorne, CA in 2022: $1,639
Housing units in Hawthorne with a mortgage: 6,164 (813 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 700 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 0
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $134,531
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $69,688
10,681 married couples with children.
6,596 single-parent households (446 men, 6,150 women).
43.2% of residents of Hawthorne speak English at home.
46.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 26,904 (31.8%)
(43.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.7% Number of people working at home: 3,996 (9.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,301
5 to 9 minutes: 2,062
10 to 14 minutes: 4,354
15 to 19 minutes: 5,958
20 to 24 minutes: 6,067
25 to 29 minutes: 3,289
30 to 34 minutes: 5,964
35 to 39 minutes: 1,024
40 to 44 minutes: 1,653
45 to 59 minutes: 3,795
60 to 89 minutes: 3,678
90 or more minutes: 652
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 17,396 (61.1%)
Carpooled: 3,663 (12.9%)
Bus: 509 (1.8%)
Subway or elevated rail: 75 (0.3%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 31 (0.1%)
Taxi: 1,336 (4.7%)
Bicycle: 435 (1.5%)
Walked: 1,009 (3.5%)
Worked at home: 3,996 (14.0%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.8%Males
1.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
6.7%Males
2.5%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
10.0%Males
10.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
3.6%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
1.2%Males
3.1%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
4.7%Males
11.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.6%Males
1.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Hawthorne, California
7,0492010 or later
6,2022000 to 2009
5,5591990 to 1999
10,3631980 to 1989
5,5151970 to 1979
2,231Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 2,408 (4.1%)
Nigerian: 1,246 (2.1%)
African: 880 (1.5%)
Ethiopian: 512 (0.9%)
Italian: 495 (0.8%)
German: 437 (0.7%)
English: 377 (0.6%)
Brazilian: 288 (0.5%)
Irish: 252 (0.4%)
Egyptian: 239 (0.4%)
European: 206 (0.3%)
French: 174 (0.3%)
Swedish: 143 (0.2%)
Jamaican: 143 (0.2%)
Polish: 130 (0.2%)
Jordanian: 126 (0.2%)
Sierra Leonean: 124 (0.2%)
Russian: 99 (0.2%)
Belizean: 97 (0.2%)
Iranian: 95 (0.2%)
Ghanaian: 66 (0.1%)
British: 61 (0.1%)
Moroccan: 59 (0.10%)
Ugandan: 53 (0.09%)
Armenian: 49 (0.08%)
Arab: 39 (0.07%)
Scottish: 35 (0.06%)
Eastern European: 33 (0.06%)
Turkish: 30 (0.05%)
Kenyan: 28 (0.05%)
Barbadian: 25 (0.04%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.03%)
Dutch: 20 (0.03%)
Romanian: 17 (0.03%)
Danish: 14 (0.02%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 14 (0.02%)
Greek: 13 (0.02%)
Welsh: 13 (0.02%)
Haitian: 13 (0.02%)
Iraqi: 12 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.02%)
New Zealander: 10 (0.02%)
British West Indian: 10 (0.02%)
Canadian: 8 (0.01%)
Northern European: 8 (0.01%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.01%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.01%)
Yugoslavian: 7 (0.01%)
Slovak: 6 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Hawthorne:
43.1% (11,901)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Guatemala
Hawthorne:
8.3% (2,292)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
El Salvador
Hawthorne:
8.0% (2,197)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Nigeria
Hawthorne:
6.4% (1,768)
California:
0.3% (35,557)
Philippines
Hawthorne:
4.8% (1,329)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Vietnam
Hawthorne:
2.5% (690)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Peru
Hawthorne:
2.0% (565)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
Cuba
Hawthorne:
1.9% (513)
California:
0.3% (30,441)
Colombia
Hawthorne:
1.6% (453)
California:
0.5% (55,249)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 49,407
Other state: 7,418
Northeast: 1,763
Midwest: 2,535
South: 2,602
West: 518
89.9% of Hawthorne residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 44.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 42.6% lived in California.
Hawthorne:
89.9%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,482
Nursery to 4th grade: 375
5th and 6th grade: 336
7th and 8th grade: 465
9th grade: 481
10th grade: 188
11th grade: 576
12th grade, no diploma: 1,145
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,662
Less than 1 year of college: 1,377
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,064
Associate degree: 1,956
Bachelor's degree: 4,849
Master's degree: 1,688
Professional school degree: 69
Doctorate degree: 188
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,354
Nursery to 4th grade: 140
5th and 6th grade: 1,104
7th and 8th grade: 233
9th grade: 736
10th grade: 625
11th grade: 262
12th grade, no diploma: 992
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,865
Less than 1 year of college: 1,967
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,545
Associate degree: 2,576
Bachelor's degree: 4,348
Master's degree: 2,381
Professional school degree: 439
Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,350
One, attached: 2,486
Two: 1,006
3 or 4: 3,537
5 to 9: 3,524
10 to 19: 2,649
20 to 49: 6,123
50 or more: 3,773
Mobile homes: 118
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 4.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 16 years ago