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Desert Center, CA

167 Population
30.4 square miles 5.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±17.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,685 ±$7,144 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $35,283 ±$261
  • about half the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$72,857 ±$52,932 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

29.9% ±29.7% (50  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 558,181 (±0.3% / ±12,398)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

12.2 minutes ±5.5 (585  ±527) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 59,911,456 (±0.2 / ±460,477)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

64 ±32 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,430,238 ±3,126
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.6 ±1 (165  ±106) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,559,435 (±0 / ±865)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

201 ±49 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,598,577 ±350
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$221,200 ±$45,504 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $493,600 ±$2,115
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

16.8% ±25.6% (28  ±46.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10% 456,472 (±0.2% / ±9,485.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

98.6% ±82.3% (145  ±76.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 2,506,867
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
15% ±22.6% (22  ±36.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.1% 729,285
  • about two-fifths 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

7.8% ±7.5% (13  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.5% 997,638
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

7.9% ±7% (12  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.5% 190,332 (±0.1% / ±3,730)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
12 Total veterans ±13 5 Male ±7 7 Female ±11

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