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Bellflower vs Paramount

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: home values (+32% in Bellflower) and trails (+94% in Bellflower).

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Bellflower, CAKnown for its schoolsCalifornia · 76,819 people
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Paramount, CAAn outdoors townCalifornia · 52,050 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

BellflowerKnown for its schools
Schools#38 for schools in CAof 574 towns Famous people54 notable peopleborn in Bellflower Health56% of U.S. towns are healthieron CDC estimates All about Bellflower →
ParamountAn outdoors town
Outdoors#183 most walkable in CA3.6 miles of trails across 10 parks and preserves Health71% of U.S. towns are healthieron CDC estimates SafetySafer than 9%of U.S. towns we grade All about Paramount →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Home values+32%
Homes cost more in Bellflower
Bellflower $705,700Paramount $533,700
Trails+94%
Bellflower has more miles of trail
Bellflower 7.0 miParamount 3.6 mi
Property tax bill+27%
Tax bills are bigger in Bellflower
Bellflower $4,666Paramount $3,681
Growth since 2010+4.1 pts
Bellflower has grown faster since 2010
Bellflower +3.4%Paramount -0.7%
★ What stands out · Report cards

Bellflower places higher on 18 of 23 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
DBellflowerSafer than 13% of U.S. towns DParamountSafer than 9% of U.S. towns
Schools
ABellflowerBetter than 94% of districts in the state C+ParamountBetter than 36% of districts in the state
Health
C+BellflowerHealthier than 44% of U.S. towns CParamountHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns
18Bellflower
5Paramount

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #38#369 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #464#667 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #475#320 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #141#272 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #334#454 Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #441#309 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #497#613 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #602#722

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bellflower’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $860 more a month in Bellflower

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Bellflower$4,620/mo
Typical home $798K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $1,830/mo · Housing →
Paramount$3,760/mo
Typical home $647K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,875/mo · Housing →

The difference: $860 a month, about $10,300 a year, between Bellflower and Paramount.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Bellflower and Paramount share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BellflowerParamountBellflowerParamount
Bellflower ↔ Paramount2.4 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
591 Bellflower residents work in Paramount (1.8% of its workers)
345 Paramount residents work in Bellflower (1.6% of its workers)
Work & commute in Bellflower →
Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
BellflowerParamount
Snow a year0″0″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th87th
Outdoors & history
BellflowerParamount
Trails7 mi4 mi
Conserved land2.9%2.5%
Settled19571957
Archive photos21
Famous people born here5411
Community
BellflowerParamount
Library hours a week40 hrs40 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

BellflowerParamount
People
Population 76,819Highest 52,050Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.4%Highest CA: +6.1% -0.7%Lowest CA: +6.1%
Median age 36±1.1Highest 5% below CA 33.4±1.2Lowest 12% below CA
Kids under 18 23.1%±1.4Lowest CA: 22% 25.1%±1.9Highest CA: 22%
Paramount and Bellflower are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 12.5%±1Highest CA: 15.7% 10.1%±1Lowest CA: 15.7%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.6%Highest CA: 37.1% 14.9%Lowest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.2%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6% 8%±1Lowest CA: 7.6%
Bellflower and Paramount are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $78,722±$4kHighest 21% below CA $75,250±$6kLowest 24% below CA
Bellflower and Paramount are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $705,700±$21kHighest 4% below CA $533,700±$26kLowest 27% below CA
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,830±$40Lowest 10% below CA $1,875±$55Highest 8% below CA
Paramount and Bellflower are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $4,666Highest 9% below CA $3,681Lowest 28% below CA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.9%±4.3Lowest CA: 55.3% 58.7%±4.9Highest CA: 55.3%
Paramount and Bellflower are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 13.3%Highest CA: 12% 12.6%Lowest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 39.3%Lowest CA: 55.9% 43%Highest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1966Lowest 10 yrs older than CA 1971Highest 5 yrs older than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 29 minHighest about the CA average 28 minLowest about the CA average
Work from home 10.1%±1.7Highest CA: 17.2% 7.3%±1.2Lowest CA: 17.2%
Bellflower and Paramount are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 4.7%Lowest 7.5%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 10.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.52Lowest 0.77Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (18%)Los Angeles (17%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Paramount2% work in Bellflower
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 2.9%Highest 2.5%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 7.0 miHighest 3.6 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.8 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 10Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 100Lowest 111Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #38 of 574 in CA#369 of 574 in CA
School district California Advancing Pathways Students in LA County ROC/P · Bellflower UnifiedParamount Unified
High school in town Bellflower HighParamount High
Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Highest 19.3Lowest
California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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