California City vs Rosedale

A side-by-side comparison of California City and Rosedale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosedale has the higher population (19,325 vs 14,821 in California City). Rosedale has the higher median household income ($134,697 vs $55,271 in California City). Rosedale has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $239,600 in California City).

Population, income & housing

	California City	Rosedale
Population	14,821	19,325
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,271	$134,697
Median home value	$239,600	$594,000
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,240
Housing units	5,377	6,503
Homeownership rate	57.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	18.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California City	Rosedale
Population	13,826 → 14,821 (+7.2%)	16,820 → 19,325 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$49,022 → $55,271 (+12.7%)	$113,766 → $134,697 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $239,600 (+92.4%)	$412,500 → $594,000 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,016 (+5.2%)	$903 → $1,240 (+37.3%)

California City

Population

13,82614,821

Median household income

$49,022$55,271

Median home value

$124,500$239,600

Median gross rent

$966$1,016

Rosedale

Population

16,82019,325

Median household income

$113,766$134,697

Median home value

$412,500$594,000

Median gross rent

$903$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California City	Rosedale
Under 5	6.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.6%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California City	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	64.1%
Black or African American	22.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	39.9%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California City	Rosedale
No high school diploma	20.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California City	Rosedale
Drove alone	73.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California City	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	74.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	California City	Rosedale
Poverty rate	24.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.83	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	47	28
Median year structure built	1994	1999