March ARB vs Thermal

A side-by-side comparison of March ARB and Thermal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thermal has the higher population (1,420 vs 1,251 in March ARB). Since 2019, March ARB's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs +6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	March ARB	Thermal
Population	1,251	1,420
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	—
Median home value	—	$183,200
Median gross rent	$1,799	$922
Housing units	830	791
Homeownership rate	5.5%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	March ARB	Thermal
Population	989 → 1,251 (+26.5%)	1,333 → 1,420 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$70,729 → $81,250 (+14.9%)	$30,433 → $14,500 (-52.4%)
Median home value	$300,000 → $276,100 (-8.0%)	$150,200 → $183,200 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $1,799 (+7.8%)	$499 → $922 (+84.8%)

March ARB

Population

9891,251

Median household income

$70,729$81,250

Median home value

$300,000$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,669$1,799

Thermal

Population

1,3331,420

Median household income

$30,433$14,500

Median home value

$150,200$183,200

Median gross rent

$499$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	March ARB	Thermal
Under 5	3.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	10.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	20.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	2.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.6%
75 and over	23.3%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	March ARB	Thermal
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	3.1%
Black or African American	6.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	93.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	March ARB	Thermal
No high school diploma	3.3%	68.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	6.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	March ARB	Thermal
Drove alone	48.3%	51.6%
Carpooled	31.2%	37.2%
Public transit	5.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	March ARB	Thermal
1-unit, detached	46.3%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	32.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	March ARB	Thermal
Poverty rate	23.7%	30.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1980	1977