Housing density: 299 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $256,163.
Median contract rent in 2022: $876 (lower quartile is $632, upper quartile is $1,101)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $795
Median gross rent in Barstow, CA in 2022: $1,022
Housing units in Barstow with a mortgage: 2,026 (230 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 130 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 12
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $95,164
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $54,332
Size of family households: 2,463 2-persons, 1,406 3-persons, 1,040 4-persons, 519 5-persons, 461 6-persons, 183 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,467 1-person, 575 2-persons, 8 3-persons.
3,310 married couples with children.
3,510 single-parent households (1,189 men, 2,321 women).
68.3% of residents of Barstow speak English at home.
27.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 2,735 (10.8%)
(51.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.5% Number of people working at home: 424 (4.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 486
5 to 9 minutes: 1,853
10 to 14 minutes: 1,572
15 to 19 minutes: 756
20 to 24 minutes: 610
25 to 29 minutes: 56
30 to 34 minutes: 396
35 to 39 minutes: 177
40 to 44 minutes: 224
45 to 59 minutes: 1,393
60 to 89 minutes: 883
90 or more minutes: 320
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 8,437 (76.1%)
Carpooled: 1,373 (12.4%)
Bus: 16 (0.1%)
Taxi: 359 (3.2%)
Bicycle: 33 (0.3%)
Walked: 324 (2.9%)
Worked at home: 424 (3.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.5%Males
9.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
9.5%Males
19.9%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
38.7%Males
14.0%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
7.2%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
14.3%Males
0.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
6.5%Males
6.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Barstow, California
1962010 or later
6372000 to 2009
5641990 to 1999
8401980 to 1989
3531970 to 1979
441Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 837 (5.3%)
Irish: 334 (2.1%)
German: 296 (1.9%)
Italian: 234 (1.5%)
Nigerian: 213 (1.4%)
English: 161 (1.0%)
French: 126 (0.8%)
European: 106 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.7%)
Polish: 100 (0.6%)
Iranian: 82 (0.5%)
Swedish: 63 (0.4%)
African: 40 (0.3%)
Iraqi: 36 (0.2%)
Danish: 32 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.2%)
Jordanian: 17 (0.1%)
Northern European: 11 (0.07%)
Slovak: 10 (0.06%)
Welsh: 10 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.06%)
West Indian: 9 (0.06%)
Australian: 8 (0.05%)
Dutch: 7 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.04%)
British: 5 (0.03%)
Czech: 2 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Barstow:
62.1% (1,654)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Barstow:
6.2% (164)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
El Salvador
Barstow:
6.0% (161)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Nigeria
Barstow:
4.4% (118)
California:
0.3% (35,557)
Korea
Barstow:
3.1% (83)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Iran
Barstow:
2.2% (59)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Guatemala
Barstow:
2.1% (55)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Honduras
Barstow:
2.1% (55)
California:
0.6% (66,590)
Belize
Barstow:
2.0% (54)
California:
0.2% (15,693)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 17,671
Other state: 4,430
Northeast: 562
Midwest: 771
South: 1,665
West: 1,330
82.0% of Barstow residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 40.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 54.6% lived in California.
Barstow:
82.0%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 202
Nursery to 4th grade: 94
5th and 6th grade: 162
7th and 8th grade: 32
9th grade: 90
10th grade: 133
11th grade: 183
12th grade, no diploma: 208
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,641
Less than 1 year of college: 546
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,406
Associate degree: 696
Bachelor's degree: 307
Master's degree: 262
Professional school degree: 5
Doctorate degree: 11
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 241
Nursery to 4th grade: 37
5th and 6th grade: 48
7th and 8th grade: 70
9th grade: 135
10th grade: 140
11th grade: 181
12th grade, no diploma: 352
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,065
Less than 1 year of college: 974
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,892
Associate degree: 1,022
Bachelor's degree: 673
Master's degree: 359
Professional school degree: 33
Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,768
One, attached: 253
Two: 667
3 or 4: 970
5 to 9: 796
10 to 19: 96
20 to 49: 92
50 or more: 272
Mobile homes: 1,070
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,683
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 3.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 5.4%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago