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Shafter, CA Urban Area

19,199 Population
4.8 square miles 4,001.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,081 ±$1,207 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,867 ±$8,943 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

22.4% ±3.6% (4,186  ±677) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.9 minutes ±1.8 (157,375  ±16,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,984 ±304 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3.7 ±0.3 (18,609  ±566) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.9% ±2.9% (421  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,236 ±304 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$247,200 ±$19,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

5.7% ±2.4% (1,075  ±452.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

68.7% ±4.6% (7,364  ±655.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
8.8% ±1.8% (942  ±203.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

27% ±3.9% (5,176  ±761) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

1.6% ±0.6% (204  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
204 Total veterans ±76 182 Male ±73 22 Female ±23

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