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Needles, CA

4,882 Population
30.6 square miles 159.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±7.8 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

$29,587 ±$6,374 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $35,283 ±$261
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$39,876 ±$6,709 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $86,031 ±$733
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

29.1% ±8% (1,420  ±389) 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)

18.7 minutes ±3.9 (25,425  ±6,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 59,911,456 (±0.2 / ±460,477)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

2,131 ±184 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,430,238 ±3,126
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.2 (4,882  ±30) 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

2.7% ±2.6% (23  ±23) 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 half the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

2,848 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,598,577 ±350
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$134,400 ±$14,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $493,600 ±$2,115
  • about one-fifth of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

11.1% ±4.4% (541  ±213.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10% 456,472 (±0.2% / ±9,485.8)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

78.3% ±9.5% (2,876  ±384.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 2,506,867
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
9.2% ±3.6% (337  ±132.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.1% 729,285
  • about one-quarter 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

3.3% ±2.3% (159  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.5% 997,638
  • about 10 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

9.6% ±3.5% (379  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times 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)
379 Total veterans ±141 323 Male ±110 56 Female ±63

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