Delano vs Rosamond

A side-by-side comparison of Delano and Rosamond: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delano has the higher population (50,835 vs 20,835 in Rosamond). Rosamond has the higher median household income ($77,773 vs $61,817 in Delano). Rosamond has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $270,300 in Delano).

Population, income & housing

	Delano	Rosamond
Population	50,835	20,835
Median age	33.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,817	$77,773
Median home value	$270,300	$330,100
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,230
Housing units	12,388	7,179
Homeownership rate	62.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delano	Rosamond
Population	52,886 → 50,835 (-3.9%)	20,851 → 20,835 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$43,641 → $61,817 (+41.6%)	$61,807 → $77,773 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $270,300 (+47.8%)	$208,600 → $330,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,111 (+23.0%)	$949 → $1,230 (+29.6%)

Delano

Population

52,88650,835

Median household income

$43,641$61,817

Median home value

$182,900$270,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,111

Rosamond

Population

20,85120,835

Median household income

$61,807$77,773

Median home value

$208,600$330,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delano	Rosamond
Under 5	6.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	22.9%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.8%
75 and over	3.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delano	Rosamond
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	32.5%
Black or African American	3.9%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	76.0%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delano	Rosamond
No high school diploma	36.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delano	Rosamond
Drove alone	73.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	23.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delano	Rosamond
1-unit, detached	74.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Delano	Rosamond
Poverty rate	15.9%	17.4%
Average household size	3.74	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1987	1993