Beale AFB vs Wheatland

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (3,790 vs 1,174 in Beale AFB). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($81,827 vs $68,676 in Beale AFB). Since 2019, Beale AFB's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
Population	1,174	3,790
Median age	24.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$81,827
Median home value	—	$387,300
Median gross rent	$2,558	$1,210
Housing units	382	1,375
Homeownership rate	1.4%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
Population	1,020 → 1,174 (+15.1%)	3,810 → 3,790 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $68,676 (+35.9%)	$75,066 → $81,827 (+9.0%)
Median home value	—	$264,300 → $387,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $2,558 (+28.8%)	$1,273 → $1,210 (-4.9%)

Beale AFB

Population

1,0201,174

Median household income

$50,536$68,676

Median gross rent

$1,986$2,558

Wheatland

Population

3,8103,790

Median household income

$75,066$81,827

Median home value

$264,300$387,300

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
Under 5	16.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	21.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	21.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	1.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	2.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	13.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
Drove alone	82.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	69.9%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Beale AFB	Wheatland
Poverty rate	3.8%	10.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	2013	1995