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Arcata, CA Urban Area

19,365 Population
7.9 square miles 2,443 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,899 ±$2,710 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,917 ±$8,842 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.5% ±4.3% (4,670  ±772) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±1.9 (141,650  ±19,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,237 ±482 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (17,642  ±364) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±1% (74  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,008 ±477 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$486,200 ±$23,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.3% ±3.2% (5,270  ±625.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±4.9% (10,605  ±811.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.8% ±3.8% (5,094  ±515.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.8% ±1.3% (924  ±260) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±0.7% (520  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
520 Total veterans ±124 508 Male ±124 12 Female ±15

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