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Barstow, CA

25,100 Population
41.3 square miles 607.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,121 ±$1,676 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $36,450 ±$242
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$53,380 ±$9,390 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $89,662 ±$787
  • about half the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

23.1% ±3.9% (5,739  ±960) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 11.9% 547,256 (±0.2% / ±10,743)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

28.2 minutes ±3.6 (225,645  ±36,035) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 60,067,844 (±0.2 / ±424,735)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

9,145 ±501 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,450,250 ±2,741
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.7 ±0.2 (24,807  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,599,609 (±0 / ±801)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

8.4% ±3.3% (494  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 58,786 (±0.2% / ±2,435)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

10,017 ±468 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,613,300 ±509
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$245,000 ±$19,394 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $536,300 ±$2,387
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

16% ±3.5% (3,943  ±863) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 438,765 (±0.2% / ±9,973.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

86.6% ±5.4% (13,125  ±1,042.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 83% 2,550,191
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
13.2% ±2.7% (2,006  ±415) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.5% 753,006
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

10.7% ±2.5% (2,688  ±615) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.8% 1,018,578
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

9.4% ±2.2% (1,618  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 185,774 (±0.1% / ±3,370)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,618 Total veterans ±375 1,485 Male ±361 133 Female ±82

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