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Arcata Elementary School District, CA

15,684 Population
17.9 square miles 875.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Humboldt County: 39.9 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,800 ±$2,872 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Humboldt County: $36,080 ±$1,389
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,344 ±$9,116 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Humboldt County: $61,160 ±$1,660
  • about half the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28% ±4.5% (3,910  ±671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Humboldt County: 18.7% 24,587 (±1.2% / ±1,591)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±1.8 (111,415  ±17,464) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Humboldt County: 19 933,135 (±0.9 / ±53,155)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,305 ±424 Number of households
  • Humboldt County: 54,922 ±632
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (13,967  ±775) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Humboldt County: 2.4 130,418 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±1.4% (106  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Humboldt County: 3% † 959 (±0.8% / ±264)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,036 ±423 Number of housing units
  • Humboldt County: 62,883 ±61
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$528,600 ±$47,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $446,900 ±$8,723
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.8% ±3.6% (4,642  ±603.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Humboldt County: 14.7% 19,632 (±1.3% / ±1,720)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±2.9% (8,070  ±750.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 91.9% 85,533 (±2.3% / ±2,133.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.5% ±4.1% (4,146  ±498.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Humboldt County: 33.1% 30,821 (±1.3% / ±1,227.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about 1.4 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

3.7% ±1.2% (577  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Humboldt County: 6.2% 8,284
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.1% ±0.8% (298  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Humboldt County: 6% 6,535 (±0.5% / ±583)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
298 Total veterans ±107 294 Male ±106 4 Female ±7

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