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Palmdale--Lancaster, CA Urban Area

347,284 Population
84.8 square miles 4,096.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,913 ±$1,609 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,932 ±$4,085 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.4% ±3.1% (52,460  ±10,492) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

36.2 minutes ±1.3 (4,739,750  ±290,622) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

101,042 ±3,999 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.2 (342,679  ±7,687) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±1.6% (4,018  ±1,312) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

106,361 ±4,058 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$490,200 ±$13,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.8% ±1.4% (26,696  ±4,670) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

78.8% ±2.8% (171,220  ±7,983.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19% ±1.5% (41,373  ±3,516.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

23.1% ±2.1% (80,201  ±7,549) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±0.7% (13,458  ±1,759) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,458 Total veterans ±1,759 11,526 Male ±1,606 1,932 Female ±797

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