Big River vs Yermo

A side-by-side comparison of Big River and Yermo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big River has the higher population (1,025 vs 846 in Yermo). Yermo has the higher median household income ($56,414 vs $40,179 in Big River). Since 2019, Big River's population has grown faster (-10.8% vs -21.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Big River	Yermo
Population	1,025	846
Median age	60.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$56,414
Median home value	$132,400	—
Median gross rent	$795	$623
Housing units	978	448
Homeownership rate	78.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	45.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big River	Yermo
Population	1,149 → 1,025 (-10.8%)	1,082 → 846 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$33,534 → $40,179 (+19.8%)	$49,769 → $56,414 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $132,400 (+44.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$620 → $795 (+28.2%)	$531 → $623 (+17.3%)

Big River

Population

1,1491,025

Median household income

$33,534$40,179

Median home value

$91,400$132,400

Median gross rent

$620$795

Yermo

Population

1,082846

Median household income

$49,769$56,414

Median gross rent

$531$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big River	Yermo
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	5.6%
18 to 24	2.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	34.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.8%
55 to 64	36.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	20.6%	5.6%
75 and over	18.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big River	Yermo
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big River	Yermo
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big River	Yermo
Drove alone	87.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big River	Yermo
1-unit, detached	49.4%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	48.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big River	Yermo
Poverty rate	19.9%	12.2%
Average household size	1.81	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1986	1949