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Barstow, CA

25,198 Population
41.3 square miles 610.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,531 ±$2,271 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $35,283 ±$261
  • about half the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$51,811 ±$8,605 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $86,031 ±$733
  • about half the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

23.2% ±4.2% (5,791  ±1,050) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 558,181 (±0.3% / ±12,398)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

28.3 minutes ±2.7 (241,510  ±31,181) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 59,911,456 (±0.2 / ±460,477)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

9,170 ±528 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,430,238 ±3,126
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.7 ±0.2 (24,853  ±72) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,559,435 (±0 / ±865)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

8.2% ±2.7% (496  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 57,831 (±0.2% / ±2,265)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

10,094 ±575 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,598,577 ±350
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$222,600 ±$15,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $493,600 ±$2,115
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

15.4% ±3.3% (3,812  ±812.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10% 456,472 (±0.2% / ±9,485.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

83.8% ±4.9% (13,060  ±1,018.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 2,506,867
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
11.1% ±2.1% (1,730  ±341.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.1% 729,285
  • about one-third 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

9.9% ±1.9% (2,484  ±487) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.5% 997,638
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

9.9% ±1.8% (1,748  ±330) 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)
1,748 Total veterans ±330 1,615 Male ±316 133 Female ±87

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