Barstow vs Yucca Valley

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

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

Barstow has the higher population (25,198 vs 21,744 in Yucca Valley). Yucca Valley has the higher median household income ($55,302 vs $51,811 in Barstow). Yucca Valley has the higher median home value ($321,300 vs $222,600 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
Population	25,198	21,744
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,811	$55,302
Median home value	$222,600	$321,300
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,341
Housing units	10,094	9,929
Homeownership rate	45.7%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
Population	23,899 → 25,198 (+5.4%)	21,622 → 21,744 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$40,633 → $51,811 (+27.5%)	$44,757 → $55,302 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $222,600 (+90.1%)	$172,600 → $321,300 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,065 (+38.7%)	$919 → $1,341 (+45.9%)

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

Yucca Valley

Population

21,62221,744

Median household income

$44,757$55,302

Median home value

$172,600$321,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
Under 5	7.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.5%
75 and over	4.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	61.1%
Black or African American	18.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.5%
Asian	2.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	47.5%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
No high school diploma	16.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
Drove alone	77.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.8%	1.3%
Walked	6.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
1-unit, detached	62.1%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Yucca Valley
Poverty rate	23.2%	19.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1970	1979