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Arcata CCD, Humboldt County, CA

24,987 Population
298.5 square miles 83.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Humboldt County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,682 ±$1,915 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Humboldt County: $36,082 ±$1,292
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$57,178 ±$6,379 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Humboldt County: $61,135 ±$1,997
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

24.7% ±3.6% (5,765  ±856) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Humboldt County: 18.9% 25,064 (±1.4% / ±1,808)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

18.3 minutes ±1.3 (190,390  ±19,641) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Humboldt County: 19.2 984,995 (±0.9 / ±53,455)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

10,189 ±527 Number of households
  • Humboldt County: 54,878 ±651
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.1 (23,336  ±662) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Humboldt County: 2.4 131,329 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

1.8% ±0.9% (136  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Humboldt County: 3.2% † 1,057 (±0.8% / ±254)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

11,209 ±532 Number of housing units
  • Humboldt County: 62,625 ±77
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$490,500 ±$23,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $418,800 ±$8,666
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

23.5% ±2.7% (5,838  ±687.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Humboldt County: 16.1% 21,595 (±1.3% / ±1,705.6)
  • more than double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

94.4% ±4.6% (14,229  ±907.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 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)
45.3% ±3.4% (6,826  ±591.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Humboldt County: 32.1% 29,998 (±1.3% / ±1,250.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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% ±1.1% (1,510  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Humboldt County: 6.4% 8,714
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3.6% ±0.8% (758  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Humboldt County: 6% 6,576 (±0.5% / ±566)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
758 Total veterans ±171 735 Male ±170 23 Female ±22

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