Boron vs Weedpatch

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

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

Weedpatch has the higher population (2,661 vs 2,627 in Boron). Boron has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $21,450 in Weedpatch). Weedpatch has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $131,100 in Boron).

Population, income & housing

	Boron	Weedpatch
Population	2,627	2,661
Median age	32.8 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$21,450
Median home value	$131,100	$135,700
Median gross rent	$981	$783
Housing units	1,171	912
Homeownership rate	53.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boron	Weedpatch
Population	2,221 → 2,627 (+18.3%)	2,291 → 2,661 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$51,181 → $61,607 (+20.4%)	$24,894 → $21,450 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $131,100 (+83.6%)	$113,000 → $135,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $981 (+39.5%)	$705 → $783 (+11.1%)

Boron

Population

2,2212,627

Median household income

$51,181$61,607

Median home value

$71,400$131,100

Median gross rent

$703$981

Weedpatch

Population

2,2912,661

Median household income

$24,894$21,450

Median home value

$113,000$135,700

Median gross rent

$705$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boron	Weedpatch
Under 5	6.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	29.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	19.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	20.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boron	Weedpatch
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	8.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	90.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boron	Weedpatch
No high school diploma	19.3%	67.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boron	Weedpatch
Drove alone	68.5%	93.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	1.4%
Other means	23.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boron	Weedpatch
1-unit, detached	61.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Boron	Weedpatch
Poverty rate	31.3%	48.1%
Average household size	2.90	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1959	1974