Bodfish vs China Lake Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Bodfish and China Lake Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

Bodfish and China Lake Acres are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

China Lake Acres has the higher population (2,523 vs 2,191 in Bodfish). China Lake Acres has the higher median household income ($67,438 vs $33,295 in Bodfish). China Lake Acres has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $104,700 in Bodfish).

Population, income & housing

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
Population	2,191	2,523
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,295	$67,438
Median home value	$104,700	$168,100
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,299
Housing units	1,118	1,046
Homeownership rate	56.3%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
Population	2,030 → 2,191 (+7.9%)	2,136 → 2,523 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$22,438 → $33,295 (+48.4%)	$70,362 → $67,438 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $104,700 (+8.7%)	$133,200 → $168,100 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $1,057 (+25.2%)	$919 → $1,299 (+41.3%)

Bodfish

Population

2,0302,191

Median household income

$22,438$33,295

Median home value

$96,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$844$1,057

China Lake Acres

Population

2,1362,523

Median household income

$70,362$67,438

Median home value

$133,200$168,100

Median gross rent

$919$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
Under 5	3.4%	19.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	19.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	3.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	5.6%
75 and over	12.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.8%
Two or more races	5.2%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
No high school diploma	13.1%	22.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
Drove alone	59.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	22.3%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	20.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
1-unit, detached	43.9%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.4%	66.8%

Poverty & households

	Bodfish	China Lake Acres
Poverty rate	54.8%	24.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1976	1979