Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Ferndale, CA

1,525 Population
1.2 square miles 1,264 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

58.8 ±12.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,877 ±$5,671 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: $36,082 ±$1,292
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$62,090 ±$5,392 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: $61,135 ±$1,997
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

13.2% ±9.5% (201  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 18.9% 25,064 (±1.4% / ±1,808)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

19.6 minutes ±5.2 (8,920  ±4,765) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 19.2 984,995 (±0.9 / ±53,455)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

680 ±126 Number of households
  • the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 54,878 ±651
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.2 ±0.2 (1,525  ±319) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 2.4 131,329 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

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

Housing

812 ±135 Number of housing units
  • the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 62,625 ±77
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$496,000 ±$57,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: $418,800 ±$8,666
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

11.2% ±6.7% (171  ±108.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 16.1% 21,595 (±1.3% / ±1,705.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

93.3% ±25.5% (1,050  ±196.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 91.5% 85,565 (±2.4% / ±2,243)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
26.4% ±7.4% (297  ±102.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 32.1% 29,998 (±1.3% / ±1,250.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

6% ±4.3% (92  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 6.4% 8,714
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

11.4% ±5.5% (153  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 6% 6,576 (±0.5% / ±566)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
153 Total veterans ±81 143 Male ±81 10 Female ±14

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.