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Population (year 2000): 2,025
Males: 1,013  (50.0%)
Females: 1,012  (50.0%)

Kern County

Median resident age:  39.1 years
California median age:  33.3 years

Zip codes: 93516.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $46,100 (it was $40,625 in 2000)
Boron  $46,100
California:  $53,629

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $130,300 (it was $57,700 in 2000)
Boron  $130,300
California:  $477,700

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Races in Boron:

  • White Non-Hispanic (81.2%)
  • Hispanic (9.0%)
  • Other race (4.7%)
  • American Indian (4.5%)
  • Two or more races (3.5%)
  • Black (2.2%)
  • Filipino (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Boron: 79.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)


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Ancestries: German (15.6%), English (11.8%), Irish (11.1%), United States (8.2%), French (4.6%), Italian (4.6%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 2460 feet

Land area: 13.8 square miles.

Population density: 146 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Boron

  • High school or higher: 74.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
  • Unemployed: 10.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 17.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Boron CDP

  • Never married: 16.9%
  • Now married: 57.3%
  • Separated: 3.5%
  • Widowed: 7.5%
  • Divorced: 14.7%

176 residents are foreign born (3.8% Latin America, 2.6% Asia, 1.4% North America, 0.9% Europe).

This place:  8.7%
California:  26.2%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Boron, California in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Boron to the number of sex offenders is 338 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Boron:  0.7% ($418)
California:  0.7% ($1,564)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: East Kern, CA (24.0 miles , pop. 69,614).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East San Gabriel Valley, CA (66.9 miles , pop. 933,557).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (80.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: North Edwards, CA (10.5 miles ), California City, CA (17.7 miles ), Edwards AFB, CA (19.8 miles ), East Kern, CA (24.0 miles ), Randsburg, CA (24.4 miles) , Johannesburg, CA (24.6 miles) , Lake Los Angeles, CA (29.9 miles ), Adelanto, CA (34.2 miles ).

Latitude: 35.02 N, Longitude: 117.66 W


Area code: 760

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Most common industries for males:



  • Mining (33%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Personal and laundry services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (18%)
  • Gasoline stations (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Mining (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Engineers (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Electricians (6%)
  • Extraction workers (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (11%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Boron:
  • RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 41 miles; RIDGECREST, CA)
  • ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL MED CENTER (about 41 miles; LANCASTER, CA)
  • LAC/HIGH DESERT HOSPITAL (about 41 miles; LANCASTER, CA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Boron:
  • EDWARDS AFB (about 18 miles; EDWARDS, CA; ID: EDW)
  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOGISTICS (about 36 miles; VICTORVILLE, CA; ID: VCV)
  • PALMDALE PRODN FLT/TEST INSTLN AF PLANT 42 (about 41 miles; PALMDALE, CA; ID: PMD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Boron:
  • CALIFORNIA CITY MUNI (about 27 miles; CALIFORNIA CITY, CA; ID: L71)
  • MOJAVE (about 34 miles; MOJAVE, CA; ID: MHV)
  • ROSAMOND SKYPARK (about 39 miles; ROSAMOND, CA; ID: L00)

Amtrak station:
BORON (26545 20 MULE TEAM RD.) - Bus Station. Services: public payphones, free short-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Boron:
  • CERRO COSO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; RIDGECREST, CA; Full-time enrollment: 2,347)
  • VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; VICTORVILLE, CA; FT enrollment: 4,963)
  • ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; LANCASTER, CA; FT enrollment: 5,308)
  • CHAFFEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA; FT enrollment: 7,749)
  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN BERNARDINO (about 60 miles; SAN BERNARDINO, CA; FT enrollment: 11,953)
  • CITRUS COLLEGE (about 62 miles; GLENDORA, CA; FT enrollment: 6,830)
  • AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; AZUSA, CA; FT enrollment: 5,285)
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Notable locations in Boron: Twenty Mule Team Museum (A), Boron Branch Kern County Library (B), Boron Fire Station (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Boron Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Boron: Kern County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Boron Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Boron Chamber of Commerce (Museums; 26962 20 Mule Team Road).

Hotels: Boron Motel (26881 20 Mule Team Road), Budget Inn (26495 Twenty Mule Team Road).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Boron and their reported violations in the past:

BORON CSD (Population served: 2001, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: TTHM
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Boron that have no violations reported:
  • DARR WATER CO (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
California:  2.9 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  66.9%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.4%
Whole state:  5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  19.7%
Whole state:  14.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  10.5%
Whole state:  6.3%

Boron compared to California state average:

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  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.81% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,274 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.81%
California average:  5.75%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($659 average AGI)
Kern County:  0.12%
California average:  0.21%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Los Angeles County, CA  1.67% ($38,595 average AGI)
from Ventura County, CA  0.35% ($43,063)
from Tulare County, CA  0.22% ($35,968)


4.94% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,551 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.94%
California average:  6.27%

0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($736 average AGI)
Kern County:  0.11%
California average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Los Angeles County, CA  0.71% ($35,352 average AGI)
to Tulare County, CA  0.18% ($32,865)
to San Diego County, CA  0.18% ($33,368)


Strongest AM radio stations in Boron:
  • KIRN (670 AM; 35 kW; SIMI VALLEY, CA; Owner: LOTUS OXNARD CORP.)
  • KLAC (570 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • KSPN (710 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
  • KFI (640 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KPLS (830 AM; 50 kW; ORANGE, CA; Owner: CRN LICENSES, LLC)
  • KDIS (1110 AM; 50 kW; PASADENA, CA; Owner: ABC,INC.)
  • KTNQ (1020 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KTNQ-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KFWB (980 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KXTA (1150 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KMPC (1540 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KBLA (1580 AM; 50 kW; SANTA MONICA, CA)
  • KNX (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KAVL (610 AM; 5 kW; LANCASTER, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Boron:
  • KCBS-FM (93.1 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KCEL (106.9 FM; CALIFORNIA CITY, CA; Owner: KCEL RADIO, LLC)
  • KLOA-FM (104.9 FM; RIDGECREST, CA; Owner: ADELMAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KSCA (101.9 FM; GLENDALE, CA; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KLOS (95.5 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KLOS-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • K212FA (90.3 FM; TEMPLE CITY, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KRAJ (100.9 FM; JOHANNESBURG, CA; Owner: ADELMAN BROADCASTING INC.)
  • KOST (103.5 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KGBM (89.7 FM; RANDSBURG, CA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K266AH (101.1 FM; BENA, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K212EK (90.3 FM; VICTORVILLE, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K210DL (89.9 FM; APPLE VALLEY, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KLVE (107.5 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: KLVE-FM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KIIS-FM (102.7 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KVFG (103.1 FM; VICTORVILLE, CA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KTQX (90.1 FM; BAKERSFIELD, CA; Owner: RADIO BILINGUE, INC.)
  • KPCC (89.3 FM; PASADENA, CA; Owner: PASADENA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT)
  • KATJ-FM (100.7 FM; GEORGE, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KHHT (92.3 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • KBIG-FM (104.3 FM; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)

TV broadcast stations around Boron:
  • KTRO-LP (Channel 50; LANCASTER, CA; Owner: ROBERT D. ADELMAN)
  • KHIZ (Channel 64; BARSTOW, CA; Owner: SUNBELT TELEVISION, INC.)

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