Bombay Beach vs Salton Sea Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bombay Beach and Salton Sea Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Bombay Beach and Salton Sea Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bombay Beach has the higher population (313 vs 198 in Salton Sea Beach). Salton Sea Beach has the higher median home value ($100,700 vs $94,300 in Bombay Beach). Since 2019, Bombay Beach's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
Population	313	198
Median age	54.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,968	—
Median home value	$94,300	$100,700
Housing units	282	224
Homeownership rate	87.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	46.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
Population	297 → 313 (+5.4%)	261 → 198 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$21,154 → $25,968 (+22.8%)	$63,155 → $59,808 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$43,700 → $94,300 (+115.8%)	$54,700 → $100,700 (+84.1%)

Bombay Beach

Population

297313

Median household income

$21,154$25,968

Median home value

$43,700$94,300

Salton Sea Beach

Population

261198

Median household income

$63,155$59,808

Median home value

$54,700$100,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.2%
25 to 34	23.6%	24.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	24.0%	27.3%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	87.9%
Black or African American	26.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
No high school diploma	20.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	47.1%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
Drove alone	65.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
1-unit, detached	65.2%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	58.0%

Poverty & households

	Bombay Beach	Salton Sea Beach
Poverty rate	61.3%	58.7%
Average household size	2.24	1.81
Median year structure built	1962	1984