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Colton, CA

53,798 Population
15.6 square miles 3,442.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 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: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,757 ±$1,131 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $35,283 ±$261
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$69,581 ±$4,847 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $86,031 ±$733
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

15.3% ±2.3% (8,156  ±1,247) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 558,181 (±0.3% / ±12,398)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

28.6 minutes ±1.9 (639,700  ±56,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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

17,191 ±602 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,430,238 ±3,126
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
3.1 ±0.1 (53,399  ±98) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,559,435 (±0 / ±865)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

5% ±1.8% (717  ±262) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 57,831 (±0.2% / ±2,265)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

18,131 ±572 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,598,577 ±350
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$411,100 ±$11,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $493,600 ±$2,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

7.2% ±1.3% (3,844  ±695.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 10% 456,472 (±0.2% / ±9,485.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

75.3% ±3.4% (26,594  ±1,424.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 2,506,867
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
16.7% ±1.9% (5,882  ±692.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.1% 729,285
  • about half 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

23.4% ±2.3% (12,570  ±1,219) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.5% 997,638
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

4.5% ±1% (1,850  ±410) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.5% 190,332 (±0.1% / ±3,730)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,850 Total veterans ±410 1,763 Male ±402 87 Female ±59

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