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Wasco Union High School District, CA

30,244 Population
768.1 square miles 39.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kern County: 32.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,242 ±$1,243 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kern County: $29,699 ±$507
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$51,635 ±$7,667 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kern County: $70,210 ±$1,287
  • about half the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

19.4% ±4.5% (5,102  ±1,201) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kern County: 19.1% 170,301 (±0.8% / ±6,757)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

23.3 minutes ±1.5 (231,140  ±20,762) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kern County: 24.4 8,054,075 (±0.4 / ±154,665)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

7,307 ±432 Number of households
  • Kern County: 284,931 ±1,239
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3.6 ±0.2 (26,350  ±698) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kern County: 3.1 889,475 (±0 / ±770)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

8.7% ±3% (570  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kern County: 6.2% 13,618 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

7,803 ±416 Number of housing units
  • Kern County: 306,999 ±246
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$273,600 ±$11,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kern County: $338,300 ±$2,944
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

6.2% ±1.3% (1,836  ±374.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kern County: 8.9% 80,013 (±0.5% / ±4,110.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

60.9% ±3.6% (11,059  ±757.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kern County: 77% 433,910 (±0.9% / ±5,296.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
6.4% ±1.4% (1,168  ±258.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Kern County: 18.8% 105,790 (±0.5% / ±2,614.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

30.2% ±2.4% (9,126  ±741) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kern County: 20.2% 185,151
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

2% ±0.8% (414  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kern County: 4.9% 31,813 (±0.2% / ±1,350)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
414 Total veterans ±168 407 Male ±168 7 Female ±10

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