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Colton, CA

53,772 Population
15.6 square miles 3,440.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,391 ±$1,422 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $36,450 ±$242
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$71,208 ±$2,603 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $89,662 ±$787
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

13.7% ±2.5% (7,307  ±1,356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 11.9% 547,256 (±0.2% / ±10,743)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

27.5 minutes ±1.5 (620,525  ±46,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 60,067,844 (±0.2 / ±424,735)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

16,897 ±615 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,450,250 ±2,741
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3.2 ±0.1 (53,374  ±88) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,599,609 (±0 / ±801)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

5.6% ±1.9% (771  ±261) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 58,786 (±0.2% / ±2,435)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

17,856 ±610 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,613,300 ±509
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$443,800 ±$8,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $536,300 ±$2,387
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

7.6% ±1.5% (4,036  ±770.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 438,765 (±0.2% / ±9,973.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

75.5% ±3.3% (27,072  ±1,358.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 83% 2,550,191
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
16.6% ±2% (5,944  ±732.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.5% 753,006
  • about half the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

25.7% ±2.2% (13,828  ±1,203) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.8% 1,018,578
  • a little less than the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

4.3% ±1.1% (1,754  ±446) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 185,774 (±0.1% / ±3,370)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,754 Total veterans ±446 1,671 Male ±437 83 Female ±53

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