Beale AFB vs Loma Rica

A side-by-side comparison of Beale AFB and Loma Rica: population, income, housing, and more.

Beale AFB and Loma Rica are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Loma Rica has the higher population (2,371 vs 1,174 in Beale AFB). Loma Rica has the higher median household income ($98,935 vs $68,676 in Beale AFB). Since 2019, Beale AFB's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
Population	1,174	2,371
Median age	24.4 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$98,935
Median home value	—	$491,600
Median gross rent	$2,558	$1,740
Housing units	382	1,205
Homeownership rate	1.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
Population	1,020 → 1,174 (+15.1%)	3,178 → 2,371 (-25.4%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $68,676 (+35.9%)	$77,946 → $98,935 (+26.9%)
Median home value	—	$332,200 → $491,600 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $2,558 (+28.8%)	$1,482 → $1,740 (+17.4%)

Beale AFB

Population

1,0201,174

Median household income

$50,536$68,676

Median gross rent

$1,986$2,558

Loma Rica

Population

3,1782,371

Median household income

$77,946$98,935

Median home value

$332,200$491,600

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
Under 5	16.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	6.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	21.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	21.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	1.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	2.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	23.5%
75 and over	0.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	83.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
No high school diploma	3.1%	19.0%
High school graduate	13.3%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
Drove alone	82.5%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
1-unit, detached	69.9%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Beale AFB	Loma Rica
Poverty rate	3.8%	10.6%
Average household size	3.19	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	42
Median year structure built	2013	1984