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Wasco, CA

26,222 Population
9.4 square miles 2,793.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$17,760 ±$1,423 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $29,238 ±$519
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$55,521 ±$8,287 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $67,660 ±$1,400
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

19.2% ±4.6% (4,233  ±1,006) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 168,825 (±0.8% / ±6,993)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.5 minutes ±1.6 (189,125  ±19,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 24.4 8,067,250 (±0.3 / ±147,877)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

5,963 ±413 Number of households
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 281,416 ±1,216
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
3.7 ±0.3 (22,106  ±113) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 3.2 885,143 (±0 / ±258)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

7.2% ±3.5% (399  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 6.2% 13,518 (±0.4% / ±797)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

6,455 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 304,481 ±166
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$251,900 ±$16,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: $310,600 ±$3,299
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

10% ±1.6% (2,591  ±413.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 86,455 (±0.5% / ±4,539)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

62.3% ±4.4% (10,043  ±808.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 77.1% 431,038 (±1% / ±5,486.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
7.4% ±1.7% (1,199  ±270.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 18.6% 103,791 (±0.5% / ±2,694.4)
  • about one-fifth of 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

28.6% ±2.8% (7,490  ±742) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 179,758
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

2.1% ±0.7% (388  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area: 5.1% 32,696 (±0.2% / ±1,439)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
388 Total veterans ±133 359 Male ±126 29 Female ±30

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