China Lake Acres vs Edwards AFB

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

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

Edwards AFB has the higher population (2,566 vs 2,523 in China Lake Acres). Edwards AFB has the higher median household income ($92,120 vs $67,438 in China Lake Acres). Since 2019, China Lake Acres's population has grown faster (+18.1% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
Population	2,523	2,566
Median age	34.5 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,438	$92,120
Median home value	$168,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,299	$2,314
Housing units	1,046	819
Homeownership rate	62.0%	3.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
Population	2,136 → 2,523 (+18.1%)	2,545 → 2,566 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$70,362 → $67,438 (-4.2%)	$76,989 → $92,120 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $168,100 (+26.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,299 (+41.3%)	$1,714 → $2,314 (+35.0%)

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

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)

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
Under 5	19.4%	18.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	13.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	32.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	1.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	61.3%
Black or African American	9.8%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	14.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
No high school diploma	22.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
Drove alone	66.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	3.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
1-unit, detached	33.2%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	32.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	China Lake Acres	Edwards AFB
Poverty rate	24.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.99	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1979	2000