Beale AFB vs Smartsville

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

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

Beale AFB has the higher population (1,174 vs 198 in Smartsville). Smartsville has the higher median household income ($78,664 vs $68,676 in Beale AFB). Since 2019, Beale AFB's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -25.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
Population	1,174	198
Median age	24.4 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$78,664
Median home value	—	$425,500
Median gross rent	$2,558	—
Housing units	382	73
Homeownership rate	1.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
Population	1,020 → 1,174 (+15.1%)	267 → 198 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $68,676 (+35.9%)	$44,231 → $78,664 (+77.8%)
Median home value	—	$380,800 → $425,500 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $2,558 (+28.8%)	$1,063 → $1,106 (+4.0%)

Beale AFB

Population

1,0201,174

Median household income

$50,536$68,676

Median gross rent

$1,986$2,558

Smartsville

Population

267198

Median household income

$44,231$78,664

Median home value

$380,800$425,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
Under 5	16.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	26.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	0.5%
25 to 34	21.5%	37.4%
35 to 44	21.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.3%	1.0%
55 to 64	2.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
No high school diploma	3.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	13.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
Drove alone	82.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
1-unit, detached	69.9%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	12.3%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beale AFB	Smartsville
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	2013	1961