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West Contra Costa Unified School District, CA

262,251 Population
62.1 square miles 4,225.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Contra Costa County: 40.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,400 ±$3,572 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Contra Costa County: $60,878 ±$1,626
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$103,755 ±$6,204 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Contra Costa County: $122,794 ±$4,731
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

9.1% ±1.8% (23,612  ±4,714) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Contra Costa County: 8.3% 94,669 (±0.8% / ±8,912)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

35.1 minutes ±1 (4,020,520  ±249,379) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Contra Costa County: 36.8 16,959,896 (±0.8 / ±508,403)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

95,549 ±3,210 Number of households
  • Contra Costa County: 416,172 ±2,488
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.7 ±0.1 (259,345  ±6,471) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Contra Costa County: 2.7 1,141,589 (±0 / ±240)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

6.4% ±1.7% (3,596  ±975) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Contra Costa County: 5.1% † 13,636 (±0.7% / ±1,906)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

100,053 ±3,616 Number of housing units
  • Contra Costa County: 432,056 ±122
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$704,500 ±$19,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Contra Costa County: $829,600 ±$14,445
  • a little less than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

8.9% ±1.9% (23,024  ±4,865.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Contra Costa County: 9% 102,286 (±0.8% / ±8,806.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

85.4% ±2.9% (162,005  ±7,305.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Contra Costa County: 90% 731,641 (±1.8% / ±14,452.2)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
37.6% ±2.2% (71,257  ±4,604) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Contra Costa County: 46.2% 375,428 (±1.2% / ±9,749.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

37.3% ±2.1% (97,798  ±6,085) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Contra Costa County: 28.2% 325,525
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

3.5% ±0.7% (7,556  ±1,395) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Contra Costa County: 4.2% 37,591 (±0.4% / ±3,218)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
7,556 Total veterans ±1,395 6,825 Male ±1,262 731 Female ±443

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