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Arcata, CA

18,578 Population
9.4 square miles 1,972.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±1.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,772 ±$2,230 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: $36,082 ±$1,292
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$48,731 ±$7,666 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: $61,135 ±$1,997
  • about half the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

29.6% ±4.4% (5,019  ±744) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 18.9% 25,064 (±1.4% / ±1,808)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

18.2 minutes ±1.6 (142,065  ±18,488) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 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

7,660 ±419 Number of households
  • the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 54,878 ±651
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.2 ±0.1 (16,957  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 2.4 131,329 (±0 / ±63)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

1.5% ±1% (91  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 3.2% † 1,057 (±0.8% / ±254)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

8,376 ±438 Number of housing units
  • the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 62,625 ±77
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$466,600 ±$19,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: $418,800 ±$8,666
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

27.9% ±3.4% (5,170  ±622.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 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

95% ±6.3% (10,144  ±842) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 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)
45.1% ±4.7% (4,809  ±552.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 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

6.2% ±1.4% (1,146  ±253) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 6.4% 8,714
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3% ±1% (487  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area: 6% 6,576 (±0.5% / ±566)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
487 Total veterans ±156 473 Male ±155 14 Female ±17

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