Rowland HeightsCA
A town of 45,911.
Is Rowland Heights a good place to live?
The typical home is worth about $972K, 10.1 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Overall it grades C+, 306th of 841 graded towns in California. It is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Rowland Heights’ January low is 46°F, against 40°F in California’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Peter F Schabarum Regional County Park, at 345 acres with 6.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Rowland Heights stand out
Where Rowland Heights beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
93% of working residents leave Rowland Heights for work
Where Rowland Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rowland Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Rowland Heights is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Disneyland and 245 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rowland Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw28 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi Theme parkKnott's Berry Farm4.5M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumPhoto credits
Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Rowland Heights: who provides what
Rowland Heights is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rowland Heights.
Rowland Heights has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California.
Earthquakes leads a very high hazard risk in Rowland Heights
Since 1980, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rowland Heights.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rowland Heights’ public schools outperform 65% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Rowland Unified school district. Two of its 19 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blandford ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 643 | – |
| John A. Rowland HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,016 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Rowland Heights has set aside 5.8% of its land for conservation
14 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Rowland Heights’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Rowland Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.8% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peter F Schabarum Regional County Park | 6.3 mi | 345 |
| 2. Trailview Park | 0.8 mi | 56 |
| 3. Pathfinder Community Regional Park | 0.8 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Rowland Heights’ workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Rowland Heights for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Rowland Heights is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Rowland Heights has added 1,661 jobs, to 9,025 in 2023.
| Rowland Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For cost of living, Rowland Heights earns a D−
At 10.1 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income, the typical home (about $972K) costs more against local pay than in 78% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The typical Rowland Heights home is worth about $972,000, up 0.8% in a year, 28% above the California typical home.
| Rowland Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,967 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Rowland Heights stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its adults who have obesity
19% of adults have obesity in Rowland Heights. Among 847 California towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Rowland Heights. 14% of adults have diabetes in Rowland Heights.
| Rowland Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 29% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 22% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 33% |
| What stands out | Rowland Heights | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with obesity | 18.8% | 27.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.1% | 7.3% |
| More adults with diabetes | 14.4% | 11.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Rowland Heights, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 46.3°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 87.8°.
Rowland Heights has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than California overall
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (16% statewide); children under 18 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 36% of Rowland Heights adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Rowland Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.5 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 48.0, men 45.3.
| Rowland Heights | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.5% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.8% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.7% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 16% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Rowland Heights
Colleges nearby
45 within 15 miles of the center of Rowland Heights
About 8 of every 100 Rowland Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Rowland Heights’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Rowland Heights.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Brea (B−) is closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Heights | #306 | C+ | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Industry | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diamond Bar | #224 | B− | D− | C+ | B+ | A |
| Brea | #227 | B− | D− | C− | A− | A |
| Hacienda Heights | #216 | B− | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| La Habra Heights | #41 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
Rowland Heights and Hacienda Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Industry isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rowland Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Rowland Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rowland Heights, CA a good place to live?
Rowland Heights grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #306 of 841 in California. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Rowland Heights, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.