Edwards AFB vs Weedpatch

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

Edwards AFB 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 2,566 in Edwards AFB). Edwards AFB has the higher median household income ($92,120 vs $21,450 in Weedpatch). Since 2019, Weedpatch's population has grown faster (+16.2% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
Population	2,566	2,661
Median age	24.1 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,120	$21,450
Median home value	—	$135,700
Median gross rent	$2,314	$783
Housing units	819	912
Homeownership rate	3.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
Population	2,545 → 2,566 (+0.8%)	2,291 → 2,661 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$76,989 → $92,120 (+19.7%)	$24,894 → $21,450 (-13.8%)
Median home value	—	$113,000 → $135,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,714 → $2,314 (+35.0%)	$705 → $783 (+11.1%)

Edwards AFB

Population

2,5452,566

Median household income

$76,989$92,120

Median gross rent

$1,714$2,314

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)

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
Under 5	18.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	29.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	32.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	1.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	8.6%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	90.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
No high school diploma	0.6%	67.0%
High school graduate	13.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
Drove alone	85.7%	93.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
1-unit, detached	64.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	32.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwards AFB	Weedpatch
Poverty rate	3.2%	48.1%
Average household size	3.35	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	11	24
Median year structure built	2000	1974