Needles vs San Antonio Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Needles and San Antonio Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Needles has the higher population (4,882 vs 3,479 in San Antonio Heights). San Antonio Heights has the higher median household income ($144,509 vs $39,876 in Needles). San Antonio Heights has the higher median home value ($986,500 vs $134,400 in Needles).

Population, income & housing

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
Population	4,882	3,479
Median age	49.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,876	$144,509
Median home value	$134,400	$986,500
Median gross rent	$742	$1,696
Housing units	2,848	1,208
Homeownership rate	54.8%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
Population	4,965 → 4,882 (-1.7%)	3,191 → 3,479 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$33,717 → $39,876 (+18.3%)	$91,897 → $144,509 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $134,400 (+51.9%)	$750,500 → $986,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $742 (+14.3%)	$1,438 → $1,696 (+17.9%)

Needles

Population

4,9654,882

Median household income

$33,717$39,876

Median home value

$88,500$134,400

Median gross rent

$649$742

San Antonio Heights

Population

3,1913,479

Median household income

$91,897$144,509

Median home value

$750,500$986,500

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
Under 5	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	23.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.0%
75 and over	9.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	62.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
No high school diploma	21.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
Drove alone	83.3%	64.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.0%	21.5%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
1-unit, detached	62.1%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Needles	San Antonio Heights
Poverty rate	29.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1977	1972