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Needles, CA

4,872 Population
30.6 square miles 159.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,068 ±$5,745 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $36,450 ±$242
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$38,243 ±$10,232 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $89,662 ±$787
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

29.7% ±9.3% (1,446  ±450) 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)

18.9 minutes ±6.2 (26,685  ±10,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 60,067,844 (±0.2 / ±424,735)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

2,218 ±192 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,450,250 ±2,741
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.2 ±0.2 (4,872  ±38) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,599,609 (±0 / ±801)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

4.9% ±5% (49  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 58,786 (±0.2% / ±2,435)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

3,007 ±210 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,613,300 ±509
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$157,200 ±$13,364 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $536,300 ±$2,387
  • about one-fifth of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

10.3% ±4.6% (495  ±222) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 438,765 (±0.2% / ±9,973.9)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

81% ±9.7% (3,003  ±416.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 83% 2,550,191
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
10.2% ±3.8% (377  ±144.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.5% 753,006
  • about one-quarter 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

4.2% ±2.8% (206  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about one-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

8.4% ±3.6% (341  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 185,774 (±0.1% / ±3,370)
  • about double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
341 Total veterans ±147 305 Male ±117 36 Female ±55

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