Boron vs China Lake Acres

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

Boron 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.

Boron has the higher population (2,627 vs 2,523 in China Lake Acres). China Lake Acres has the higher median household income ($67,438 vs $61,607 in Boron). China Lake Acres has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $131,100 in Boron).

Population, income & housing

	Boron	China Lake Acres
Population	2,627	2,523
Median age	32.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$67,438
Median home value	$131,100	$168,100
Median gross rent	$981	$1,299
Housing units	1,171	1,046
Homeownership rate	53.6%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boron	China Lake Acres
Population	2,221 → 2,627 (+18.3%)	2,136 → 2,523 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$51,181 → $61,607 (+20.4%)	$70,362 → $67,438 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $131,100 (+83.6%)	$133,200 → $168,100 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $981 (+39.5%)	$919 → $1,299 (+41.3%)

Boron

Population

2,2212,627

Median household income

$51,181$61,607

Median home value

$71,400$131,100

Median gross rent

$703$981

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)

	Boron	China Lake Acres
Under 5	6.1%	19.4%
5 to 17	22.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.6%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boron	China Lake Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	55.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	4.8%
Two or more races	8.8%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boron	China Lake Acres
No high school diploma	19.3%	22.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boron	China Lake Acres
Drove alone	68.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	2.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	20.0%
Other means	23.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boron	China Lake Acres
1-unit, detached	61.7%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	66.8%

Poverty & households

	Boron	China Lake Acres
Poverty rate	31.3%	24.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1959	1979