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West Contra Costa CCD, Contra Costa County, CA

267,919 Population
68.1 square miles 3,931.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Contra Costa County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,890 ±$1,000 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Contra Costa County: $61,727 ±$715
  • about the same as the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$101,194 ±$2,659 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Contra Costa County: $125,727 ±$1,829
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

10.8% ±0.8% (28,730  ±2,253) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Contra Costa County: 8.3% 95,048 (±0.4% / ±4,307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

34.8 minutes ±0.8 (3,848,235  ±117,668) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Contra Costa County: 36 16,118,805 (±0.3 / ±220,788)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

94,485 ±1,235 Number of households
  • Contra Costa County: 411,662 ±1,106
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.8 ±0 (265,343  ±2,226) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Contra Costa County: 2.8 1,149,516 (±0 / ±218)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

6.2% ±0.8% (4,012  ±536) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Contra Costa County: 5.5% 14,965 (±0.4% / ±1,109)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

99,163 ±1,201 Number of housing units
  • Contra Costa County: 426,585 ±219
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$693,500 ±$8,844 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Contra Costa County: $830,800 ±$7,330
  • about the same as the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

9.1% ±0.8% (24,050  ±2,221.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Contra Costa County: 10.5% 120,788 (±0.4% / ±4,585.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

84% ±1.4% (159,278  ±3,097.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Contra Costa County: 89.6% 726,747 (±0.8% / ±6,357.3)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
36.7% ±0.9% (69,625  ±1,878.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Contra Costa County: 44.9% 364,216 (±0.5% / ±4,251)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

33.8% ±1% (90,416  ±2,698) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Contra Costa County: 26.2% 303,817
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3.3% ±0.3% (6,961  ±653) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Contra Costa County: 4.4% 39,719 (±0.2% / ±1,330)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
6,961 Total veterans ±653 6,184 Male ±645 777 Female ±332

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