Adelanto vs Barstow

A side-by-side comparison of Adelanto and Barstow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adelanto has the higher population (38,010 vs 25,198 in Barstow). Adelanto has the higher median household income ($68,419 vs $51,811 in Barstow). Adelanto has the higher median home value ($318,300 vs $222,600 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Adelanto	Barstow
Population	38,010	25,198
Median age	28.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,419	$51,811
Median home value	$318,300	$222,600
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,065
Housing units	9,756	10,094
Homeownership rate	60.6%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adelanto	Barstow
Population	33,660 → 38,010 (+12.9%)	23,899 → 25,198 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$45,380 → $68,419 (+50.8%)	$40,633 → $51,811 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$195,800 → $318,300 (+62.6%)	$117,100 → $222,600 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,389 (+18.8%)	$768 → $1,065 (+38.7%)

Adelanto

Population

33,66038,010

Median household income

$45,380$68,419

Median home value

$195,800$318,300

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,389

Barstow

Population

23,89925,198

Median household income

$40,633$51,811

Median home value

$117,100$222,600

Median gross rent

$768$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adelanto	Barstow
Under 5	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.2%
75 and over	2.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adelanto	Barstow
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	23.8%
Black or African American	15.2%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	68.6%	47.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adelanto	Barstow
No high school diploma	26.5%	16.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adelanto	Barstow
Drove alone	79.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.4%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adelanto	Barstow
1-unit, detached	81.2%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Adelanto	Barstow
Poverty rate	16.4%	23.2%
Average household size	3.89	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	46	28
Median year structure built	1997	1970