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Delano, CA

51,679 Population
14.7 square miles 3,511.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,847 ±$1,027 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,699 ±$507
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$67,010 ±$6,581 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $70,210 ±$1,287
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

16% ±3.3% (7,137  ±1,473) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

22.2 minutes ±1.3 (391,150  ±30,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

12,071 ±494 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 284,931 ±1,239
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3.7 ±0.2 (44,623  ±156) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

4.2% ±1.6% (465  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

12,647 ±464 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 306,999 ±246
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$301,900 ±$11,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $338,300 ±$2,944
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

5.2% ±1% (2,670  ±508) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)
  • about half the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

60.8% ±2.8% (20,511  ±1,122.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
7.3% ±0.9% (2,449  ±318.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)
  • about one-fifth of 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

35.2% ±2.3% (18,188  ±1,164) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 20.2% 185,151
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

1.6% ±0.4% (621  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
621 Total veterans ±171 589 Male ±165 32 Female ±52

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