Bombay Beach vs El Centro Naval Air Facility

A side-by-side comparison of Bombay Beach and El Centro Naval Air Facility: population, income, housing, and more.

Bombay Beach and El Centro Naval Air Facility are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Centro Naval Air Facility has the higher population (497 vs 313 in Bombay Beach). El Centro Naval Air Facility has the higher median household income ($59,500 vs $25,968 in Bombay Beach). Since 2019, Bombay Beach's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -18.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
Population	313	497
Median age	54.1 yrs	22.6 yrs
Median household income	$25,968	$59,500
Median home value	$94,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,657
Housing units	282	140
Homeownership rate	87.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
Population	297 → 313 (+5.4%)	609 → 497 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$21,154 → $25,968 (+22.8%)	$95,208 → $59,500 (-37.5%)
Median home value	$43,700 → $94,300 (+115.8%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,260 → $1,657 (+31.5%)

Bombay Beach

Population

297313

Median household income

$21,154$25,968

Median home value

$43,700$94,300

El Centro Naval Air Facility

Population

609497

Median household income

$95,208$59,500

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
Under 5	8.3%	16.3%
5 to 17	8.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	26.6%
25 to 34	23.6%	27.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	24.0%	0.0%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	38.2%
Black or African American	26.5%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.8%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
No high school diploma	20.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
Drove alone	65.5%	30.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	38.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	11.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
1-unit, detached	65.2%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	57.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bombay Beach	El Centro Naval Air Facility
Poverty rate	61.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	8
Median year structure built	1962	1990