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Big Bear City, CA

12,493 Population
32 square miles 390.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,030 ±$3,401 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $35,283 ±$261
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$72,457 ±$8,318 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $86,031 ±$733
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

15.3% ±4.6% (1,888  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 558,181 (±0.3% / ±12,398)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

26.2 minutes ±3.9 (112,985  ±23,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 59,911,456 (±0.2 / ±460,477)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

5,300 ±468 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,430,238 ±3,126
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.4 ±0.1 (12,461  ±1,263) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,559,435 (±0 / ±865)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

2.8% ±3.4% (64  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 57,831 (±0.2% / ±2,265)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

12,489 ±462 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,598,577 ±350
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$427,700 ±$26,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $493,600 ±$2,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

8.8% ±4% (1,093  ±510) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10% 456,472 (±0.2% / ±9,485.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

91.8% ±11.7% (8,065  ±706.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 2,506,867
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
28.4% ±3.9% (2,497  ±415.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.1% 729,285
  • about 80 percent of 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

4.9% ±1.8% (606  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.5% 997,638
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

11.5% ±2.7% (1,128  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.5% 190,332 (±0.1% / ±3,730)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,128 Total veterans ±288 1,051 Male ±286 77 Female ±61

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