Bombay Beach vs Westmorland

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

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

Westmorland has the higher population (1,734 vs 313 in Bombay Beach). Westmorland has the higher median household income ($28,929 vs $25,968 in Bombay Beach). Westmorland has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $94,300 in Bombay Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
Population	313	1,734
Median age	54.1 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$25,968	$28,929
Median home value	$94,300	$218,600
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	282	562
Homeownership rate	87.1%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
Population	297 → 313 (+5.4%)	2,432 → 1,734 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$21,154 → $25,968 (+22.8%)	$29,730 → $28,929 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$43,700 → $94,300 (+115.8%)	$119,300 → $218,600 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $817 (+6.5%)

Bombay Beach

Population

297313

Median household income

$21,154$25,968

Median home value

$43,700$94,300

Westmorland

Population

2,4321,734

Median household income

$29,730$28,929

Median home value

$119,300$218,600

Median gross rent

$767$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
Under 5	8.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	8.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	23.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	5.2%
65 to 74	24.0%	7.2%
75 and over	6.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	6.8%
Black or African American	26.5%	1.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	91.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
No high school diploma	20.7%	36.3%
High school graduate	47.1%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
Drove alone	65.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	21.8%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
1-unit, detached	65.2%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bombay Beach	Westmorland
Poverty rate	61.3%	49.3%
Average household size	2.24	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1962	1979