Edwards AFB vs Weldon

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

Edwards AFB and Weldon 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 2,525 in Weldon). Edwards AFB has the higher median household income ($92,120 vs $27,353 in Weldon). Since 2019, Weldon's population has grown faster (+8.8% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
Population	2,566	2,525
Median age	24.1 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,120	$27,353
Median home value	—	$153,300
Median gross rent	$2,314	$1,083
Housing units	819	1,565
Homeownership rate	3.3%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
Population	2,545 → 2,566 (+0.8%)	2,321 → 2,525 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$76,989 → $92,120 (+19.7%)	$35,574 → $27,353 (-23.1%)
Median home value	—	$83,800 → $153,300 (+82.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,714 → $2,314 (+35.0%)	$682 → $1,083 (+58.8%)

Edwards AFB

Population

2,5452,566

Median household income

$76,989$92,120

Median gross rent

$1,714$2,314

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)

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
Under 5	18.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	32.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.0%
45 to 54	1.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	29.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	84.7%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	2.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
No high school diploma	0.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	13.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
Drove alone	85.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	29.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
1-unit, detached	64.2%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	32.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	59.6%

Poverty & households

	Edwards AFB	Weldon
Poverty rate	3.2%	31.7%
Average household size	3.35	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	11	15
Median year structure built	2000	1979