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Monterey Park Homes,
By the Numbers.

Monterey Park is a city of about 57,996 people in Los Angeles County, near East Los Angeles, Alhambra and Montebello. I help buyers and sellers across Southern California, Monterey Park included.

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The real city limit
$910K
Typical Home Value
+1.5%
Change in One Year
58K
Residents
The place

The Story of
Monterey Park.

About 57,996 people call Monterey Park home. It sits in Los Angeles County.

For green space, Monterey Park has 10 parks, led by Garvey Ranch Park at roughly 19 acres. Golfers have Monterey Park Golf Club. For a day out there is Weingart Stadium, Vincent Price Art Museum and AMC Atlantic Times Square 14.

East Los Angeles College is here too. The map shows 83 places to eat and drink, with Chinese, Japanese and Seafood the most common. There are 9 public schools inside the boundary, run by Alhambra Unified, Garvey Elementary and Montebello Unified. On price, Monterey Park is the 61st most affordable of 122 cities on my map at about $910K for the typical home, and values are up 79% in ten years.

Assembled from the U.S. Census Bureau, Wikidata, OpenStreetMap and the California Department of Education. Photo credits.

Weingart Stadium in Monterey Park.
Weingart Stadium
57,996People, 2024 estimate
10Parks
76Acres of parks
9Public schools
83Places to eat
$910KTypical home value

Ten Years of
Monterey Park Home Values.

The typical home value, month by month. Move across the chart to read any month.

$909,564
September 2026
+1.5% 1 year+20% 5 years+79% 10 years
$913K$504K
20182020202220242026

The highest point in these ten years is $912,650, in February 2026.

What Your Money Buys
in Monterey Park.

Typical values by home size and type, so you can match the city to your budget before you tour anything.

By bedroom count

Tap a row to load that price into the payment tool below.

Houses and condos

Single-family house$960K
Condo or townhome$689K

A house costs about $271,883 more than a condo here.

The range

$725Klower-priced third$910Ktypical$1.16Mupper third

What a Monterey Park Home
Costs Per Month.

Move the sliders. The rate is this week's average, so the number is honest.

Renting in Monterey Park

$2,638/mo

Typical asking rent, September 2026. That is +0.9% from a year ago. Over a year that is $31,656 in rent.

Owning, at your settings above

 

Set a price and down payment in the tool above and this compares it with the rent.

Where Monterey Park Sits
Among 122 Cities.

Every dot is a city on my map, lined up from least to most expensive. Tap any dot to open that city.

Monterey Park
$459K$3.71M
  • 61st most affordable of 122 cities on my map by typical home value. The middle city is at $910K; Monterey Park is at $910K.
  • 72nd of 122 for price growth over the past year (+1.5%), where 1st grew the most.
  • 77th of 104 for typical rent ($2,638 a month), where 1st is the highest rent.

Monterey Park and the cities closest to it

Alhambra$911K
Monterey Park$910K
Rosemead$890KMontebello$818KEast Los Angeles$671K
Outdoors

Parks and Open Space
in Monterey Park.

10 parks, about 76 acres of them in all. Sizes are measured from each park's mapped outline. Tap any park to see it on the map.

ParkGarvey Ranch Park19 acres
ParkGeorge E Elder Park11 acres
ParkBarnes Memorial Park10 acres
ParkHighlands Park8.7 acres
ParkLa Loma Park8.5 acres
ParkSequoia Park6.1 acres
Golf courseMonterey Park Golf Club26 acres

More parks: Sunnyslopes Park, Sierra Vista Park, Bella Vista Park, Langley Park.

Weekends

Things to Do and
Places to Hang Out.

Real places inside Monterey Park. Tap any one to see it on the map.

Museums

  • Vincent Price Art Museum
  • Monterey Park Historical Museum

Arts center

  • Edison Center for the Performing Arts

Movie theater

  • AMC Atlantic Times Square 14

Stadium

  • Weingart Stadium

Libraries

  • Bailey Library
  • Bruggemeyer Memorial Library

College

  • East Los Angeles College
Food and drink

Where Monterey Park
Eats and Drinks.

83 places are on the map inside Monterey Park: 68 restaurants, 9 cafes, 5 bakeries, 1 ice cream shop. 70 of them are local, not chains.

70 local spots13 chain locations

What is on the menu

The kitchens you find most often here.

Chinese21
Japanese6
Seafood5
Boba tea4
Taiwanese3
American2
Coffee2

Local spots on the map

  • The TeaBoba tea
  • Duck HouseTaiwanese
  • Smoking Tiger Coffee LabCoffee
  • Noodle HouseChinese
  • Mr. BaguetteSandwiches
  • Longten CafeRestaurant
  • Grab A CrabSeafood
  • Gram Cafe & PancakesJapanese
  • Chop Chop ChickenAsian
  • Asayoru Maid CafeCafe

Listed from OpenStreetMap, not a ranking or a recommendation. Restaurants open and close, so check hours before you go.

Monterey Park on the Map.

The outline is the official city limit. The dots are its public schools, parks, things to do and local food. Tap the chips to show or hide each kind. Pick any nearby city to open its guide.

9 public schools inside the Monterey Park limits

8Elementary
1Middle

School districts: Alhambra Unified, Garvey Elementary and Montebello Unified.

See every school by name

Elementary

  • Bella Vista Elementary
  • Brightwood Elementary
  • Hillcrest Elementary
  • Monterey Highlands Elementary
  • Monterey Vista Elementary
  • Repetto Elementary
  • Robert Hill Lane Elementary
  • Ynez Elementary

Middle

  • Macy Intermediate

Counted from the California Department of Education school directory by each campus location. Which school a home is assigned to depends on the address, so confirm with the district before you buy.

Monterey Park Questions,
Answered.

What is the typical home value in Monterey Park, CA?

As of September 2026, the typical home in Monterey Park is worth about $909,564, based on the Zillow Home Value Index. Prices vary a lot by street, lot size and condition, so ask for a valuation of your specific home.

Are home values in Monterey Park going up or down?

The typical home value in Monterey Park is up 1.5% over the past year, from about $896,510 to about $909,564. Over ten years it is up 79%.

How much is a 3-bedroom home in Monterey Park?

Typical values in Monterey Park by bedroom count: 1 bedroom about $482,341, 2 bedroom about $739,991, 3 bedroom about $889,389, 4 bedroom about $1,064,263, 5+ bedroom about $1,317,673. Source: Zillow Home Value Index, September 2026.

What is the typical rent in Monterey Park?

The typical asking rent in Monterey Park is about $2,638 a month as of September 2026, based on the Zillow Observed Rent Index.

How many public schools are in Monterey Park?

9 public schools sit inside the Monterey Park boundary: 8 elementary and 1 middle. They belong to Alhambra Unified, Garvey Elementary and Montebello Unified. School assignment depends on the home address, so confirm with the district.

What are the biggest parks in Monterey Park?

Monterey Park has 10 parks. The largest are Garvey Ranch Park (about 19 acres), George E Elder Park (about 11 acres) and Barnes Memorial Park (about 10 acres). Sizes are measured from OpenStreetMap.

What cities are near Monterey Park?

Monterey Park is in Los Angeles County. The closest cities I cover are East Los Angeles, Alhambra, Montebello and Rosemead.

How do I find out what my Monterey Park home is worth?

Enter your address on the home valuation form at jessetek.net/valuation. You get an automated estimate right away and a Comparative Market Analysis from Jesse within 24 hours, with no obligation.

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index, typical value, September 2026. Rent: Zillow Observed Rent Index, September 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 estimate. Schools: California Department of Education public school directory. Parks, places and restaurants: OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau.

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