Needles vs Running Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Needles and Running Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Running Springs has the higher population (5,043 vs 4,882 in Needles). Running Springs has the higher median household income ($85,681 vs $39,876 in Needles). Running Springs has the higher median home value ($373,300 vs $134,400 in Needles).

Population, income & housing

	Needles	Running Springs
Population	4,882	5,043
Median age	49.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,876	$85,681
Median home value	$134,400	$373,300
Median gross rent	$742	$1,725
Housing units	2,848	3,770
Homeownership rate	54.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Needles	Running Springs
Population	4,965 → 4,882 (-1.7%)	4,071 → 5,043 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$33,717 → $39,876 (+18.3%)	$60,200 → $85,681 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $134,400 (+51.9%)	$256,000 → $373,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $742 (+14.3%)	$1,215 → $1,725 (+42.0%)

Needles

Population

4,9654,882

Median household income

$33,717$39,876

Median home value

$88,500$134,400

Median gross rent

$649$742

Running Springs

Population

4,0715,043

Median household income

$60,200$85,681

Median home value

$256,000$373,300

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Needles	Running Springs
Under 5	2.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	23.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.5%
75 and over	9.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Needles	Running Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	70.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	1.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Needles	Running Springs
No high school diploma	21.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Needles	Running Springs
Drove alone	83.3%	72.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	14.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Needles	Running Springs
1-unit, detached	62.1%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Needles	Running Springs
Poverty rate	29.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	40
Median year structure built	1977	1970