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Colton, CA

53,959 Population
15.6 square miles 3,452.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$24,998 ±$1,046 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $33,460 ±$191
  • about half the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$66,725 ±$4,729 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $81,041 ±$641
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

15.4% ±2.5% (8,269  ±1,351) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 12.5% 566,678 (±0.3% / ±11,433)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

28.6 minutes ±1.4 (622,020  ±46,615) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.1 60,061,756 (±0.2 / ±428,083)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

16,740 ±604 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,409,904 ±3,144
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
3.2 ±0.1 (53,585  ±91) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,528,727 (±0 / ±912)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

4.5% ±1.7% (649  ±245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 58,768 (±0.2% / ±2,200)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

18,122 ±613 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,584,750 ±542
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$376,600 ±$12,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $452,400 ±$1,633
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

7.7% ±1.5% (4,121  ±,808.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10.7% 486,836 (±0.2% / ±9,494.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

76% ±3.5% (26,228  ±1,348.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.3% 2,455,323
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
17.6% ±2.2% (6,058  ±,764.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 23.3% 694,826
  • about half the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

20.6% ±2.2% (11,133  ±1,206) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.4% 986,815
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

5.7% ±1.1% (2,334  ±452) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.7% 194,152 (±0.1% / ±3,662)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
2,334 Total veterans ±452 2,249 Male ±447 85 Female ±49

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