Boron vs Edwards AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Boron and Edwards AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Boron and Edwards AFB 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 2,566 in Edwards AFB). Edwards AFB has the higher median household income ($92,120 vs $61,607 in Boron). Since 2019, Boron's population has grown faster (+18.3% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Boron	Edwards AFB
Population	2,627	2,566
Median age	32.8 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$92,120
Median home value	$131,100	—
Median gross rent	$981	$2,314
Housing units	1,171	819
Homeownership rate	53.6%	3.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boron	Edwards AFB
Population	2,221 → 2,627 (+18.3%)	2,545 → 2,566 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$51,181 → $61,607 (+20.4%)	$76,989 → $92,120 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $131,100 (+83.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$703 → $981 (+39.5%)	$1,714 → $2,314 (+35.0%)

Boron

Population

2,2212,627

Median household income

$51,181$61,607

Median home value

$71,400$131,100

Median gross rent

$703$981

Edwards AFB

Population

2,5452,566

Median household income

$76,989$92,120

Median gross rent

$1,714$2,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boron	Edwards AFB
Under 5	6.1%	18.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	13.0%
25 to 34	19.7%	32.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	1.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.0%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boron	Edwards AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	61.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	1.2%
Asian	4.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.8%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boron	Edwards AFB
No high school diploma	19.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boron	Edwards AFB
Drove alone	68.5%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.0%
Other means	23.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boron	Edwards AFB
1-unit, detached	61.7%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	32.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boron	Edwards AFB
Poverty rate	31.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.90	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	11
Median year structure built	1959	2000