Gerber vs Red Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Gerber and Red Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Bluff has the higher population (14,592 vs 934 in Gerber). Red Bluff has the higher median household income ($50,216 vs $30,694 in Gerber). Red Bluff has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $129,800 in Gerber).

Population, income & housing

	Gerber	Red Bluff
Population	934	14,592
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,694	$50,216
Median home value	$129,800	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,068
Housing units	532	6,356
Homeownership rate	51.2%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerber	Red Bluff
Population	1,140 → 934 (-18.1%)	14,264 → 14,592 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$47,557 → $30,694 (-35.5%)	$31,450 → $50,216 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $129,800 (+5.7%)	$174,300 → $271,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,245 (+79.7%)	$867 → $1,068 (+23.2%)

Gerber

Population

1,140934

Median household income

$47,557$30,694

Median home value

$122,800$129,800

Median gross rent

$693$1,245

Red Bluff

Population

14,26414,592

Median household income

$31,450$50,216

Median home value

$174,300$271,100

Median gross rent

$867$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gerber	Red Bluff
Under 5	1.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	28.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	8.6%
75 and over	3.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerber	Red Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	74.0%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerber	Red Bluff
No high school diploma	40.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerber	Red Bluff
Drove alone	69.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.7%
Other means	9.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerber	Red Bluff
1-unit, detached	72.0%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Gerber	Red Bluff
Poverty rate	35.2%	17.6%
Average household size	1.99	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1977	1977