China Lake Acres vs Weldon

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

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

Weldon has the higher population (2,525 vs 2,523 in China Lake Acres). China Lake Acres has the higher median household income ($67,438 vs $27,353 in Weldon). China Lake Acres has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $153,300 in Weldon).

Population, income & housing

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
Population	2,523	2,525
Median age	34.5 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,438	$27,353
Median home value	$168,100	$153,300
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,083
Housing units	1,046	1,565
Homeownership rate	62.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
Population	2,136 → 2,523 (+18.1%)	2,321 → 2,525 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$70,362 → $67,438 (-4.2%)	$35,574 → $27,353 (-23.1%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $168,100 (+26.2%)	$83,800 → $153,300 (+82.9%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,299 (+41.3%)	$682 → $1,083 (+58.8%)

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

Weldon

Population

2,3212,525

Median household income

$35,574$27,353

Median home value

$83,800$153,300

Median gross rent

$682$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
Under 5	19.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	29.6%
75 and over	7.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	84.7%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
No high school diploma	22.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
Drove alone	66.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	29.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
1-unit, detached	33.2%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	66.8%	59.6%

Poverty & households

	China Lake Acres	Weldon
Poverty rate	24.0%	31.7%
Average household size	2.99	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1979	1979