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Desert Center, CA

144 Population
30.4 square miles 4.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±17.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,408 ±$8,061 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
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,393 ±$66,823 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $89,662 ±$787
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.9% ±30.9% (46  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 11.9% 547,256 (±0.2% / ±10,743)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12 minutes ±2.6 (565  ±424) Mean travel time to work
  • about one-third of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 60,067,844 (±0.2 / ±424,735)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

57 ±29 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,450,250 ±2,741
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±1 (142  ±91) 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)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

199 ±59 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,613,300 ±509
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,100 ±$79,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $536,300 ±$2,387
  • about one-quarter of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.5% ±29.6% (31  ±46.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 438,765 (±0.2% / ±9,973.9)
  • about double the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±86% (119  ±67.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 83% 2,550,191
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±26.8% (23  ±36.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.5% 753,006
  • about half the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.5% ±3.6% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.8% 1,018,578
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±4.9% (5  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 185,774 (±0.1% / ±3,370)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5 Total veterans ±7 5 Male ±7 N/A Female ±14

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