Barstow vs Montclair

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

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

Montclair has the higher population (37,809 vs 25,198 in Barstow). Montclair has the higher median household income ($76,338 vs $51,811 in Barstow). Montclair has the higher median home value ($549,600 vs $222,600 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Montclair
Population	25,198	37,809
Median age	32.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,811	$76,338
Median home value	$222,600	$549,600
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,759
Housing units	10,094	10,661
Homeownership rate	45.7%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Montclair
Population	23,899 → 25,198 (+5.4%)	39,155 → 37,809 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$40,633 → $51,811 (+27.5%)	$62,024 → $76,338 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $222,600 (+90.1%)	$354,500 → $549,600 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,065 (+38.7%)	$1,405 → $1,759 (+25.2%)

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

Montclair

Population

39,15537,809

Median household income

$62,024$76,338

Median home value

$354,500$549,600

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Montclair
Under 5	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.7%
75 and over	4.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	11.2%
Black or African American	18.3%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	47.5%	72.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Montclair
No high school diploma	16.2%	26.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Montclair
Drove alone	77.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	15.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	6.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Montclair
1-unit, detached	62.1%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	9.8%
20 or more units	3.1%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Montclair
Poverty rate	23.2%	16.7%
Average household size	2.71	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1970	1969