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Twentynine Palms, CA

27,355 Population
58.7 square miles 465.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,188 ±$2,376 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $36,450 ±$242
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$62,554 ±$8,077 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $89,662 ±$787
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

14.5% ±3.6% (3,387  ±838) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 11.9% 547,256 (±0.2% / ±10,743)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

15.9 minutes ±1.8 (214,855  ±27,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 33.2 60,067,844 (±0.2 / ±424,735)
  • about half the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

9,291 ±410 Number of households
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,450,250 ±2,741
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.5 ±0.1 (23,442  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 3.2 4,599,609 (±0 / ±801)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

9.8% ±3.7% (666  ±258) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.2% 58,786 (±0.2% / ±2,435)
  • about double the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

10,642 ±387 Number of housing units
  • the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 1,613,300 ±509
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$268,200 ±$21,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: $536,300 ±$2,387
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

29.8% ±4.4% (7,992  ±1,181.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 438,765 (±0.2% / ±9,973.9)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

93.2% ±5.8% (12,624  ±965.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 83% 2,550,191
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
26.2% ±4% (3,552  ±558.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 24.5% 753,006
  • about two-thirds 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

8.7% ±1.4% (2,388  ±382) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 21.8% 1,018,578
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

13.5% ±2.9% (1,841  ±399) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 185,774 (±0.1% / ±3,370)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,841 Total veterans ±399 1,542 Male ±369 299 Female ±113

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