Demographics of Yucca Valley town, California

Yucca Valley town, California had 21,887 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +127 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Yucca Valley town, in four figures

21,887
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 21,770 ±48.; +0.6%
Change since July 2020: +127 people.; 39.1 ±3.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $59,563 ±$6,737
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Yucca Valley town, California's population grew 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Yucca Valley town, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Yucca Valley town, California's population grew 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Yucca Valley town, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	21,760	100.0	100.0
2021	21,777	100.1	100.2
2022	21,762	100.0	100.7
2023	21,819	100.3	101.6
2024	21,917	100.7	102.5
2025	21,887	100.6	103.1

Population of Yucca Valley town, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	21,760	—
2021	21,777	+17
2022	21,762	−15
2023	21,819	+57
2024	21,917	+98
2025	21,887	−30

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.1 ±3.1: for men 39.1 ±2.8 and for women 38.9 ±4.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Yucca Valley town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	885 ±277	4.1% ±1.3	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,540 ±725	20.9% ±3.3	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,524 ±425	7.0% ±2.0	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,549 ±684	25.5% ±3.1	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,715 ±619	21.7% ±2.8	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,557 ±562	20.9% ±2.6	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $59,563 ±$6,737, and income per person $33,471 ±$2,566, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Yucca Valley town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	1,787 ±442	19.8% ±4.8	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,135 ±495	23.6% ±5.4	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,425 ±342	15.8% ±3.7	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,049 ±310	11.6% ±3.4	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,323 ±320	14.6% ±3.5	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	906 ±251	10.0% ±2.7	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	413 ±185	4.6% ±2.0	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Yucca Valley town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	3,386 ±822	15.7% ±3.8	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	900 ±364	16.7% ±6.4	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,532 ±483	15.3% ±4.6	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	954 ±335	15.5% ±5.1	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Yucca Valley town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Yucca Valley town	California	United States
Housing units	10,204 ±458	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.6% ±0.4	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.4% ±2.5	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.2% ±4.5	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.8% ±5.6	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$363,400 ±$24,119	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,428 ±$185	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Yucca Valley town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,511 ±1,085	20.7% ±5.0	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	14,101 ±949	64.8% ±4.4	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	58 to 242	0.3% to 1.1%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	164 to 652	0.8% to 3.0%	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 461	0% to 2.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 271	0% to 1.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	56 to 472	0.3% to 2.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,004 ±843	9.2% ±3.9	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Yucca Valley town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	14,462 ±855	66.4% ±3.9	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,489 ±822	25.2% ±3.8	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	70 to 310	0.3% to 1.4%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,629 ±357	7.5% ±1.6	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,149 ±272	5.3% ±1.2	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	480 ±220	2.2% ±1.0	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Yucca Valley town among the places of California

332nd of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Yucca Valley town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Ashland CDP	22,210 ±1,393
Duarte city	22,184 ±39
West Carson CDP	22,143 ±1,751
Winter Gardens CDP	22,131 ±1,892
Cudahy city	22,087 ±27
Yucca Valley town	21,770 ±48
American Canyon city	21,691 ±71
Willowbrook CDP	21,681 ±1,636
Granite Bay CDP	21,673 ±1,334
Port Hueneme city	21,582 ±27
Rosamond CDP	21,473 ±1,409

Rankings this appears in

No. 31 Places in California by poverty rate
No. 126 Places in California by median age
No. 184 Places in California by homeownership rate
No. 369 Places in California by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 370 Places in California by per capita income
No. 375 Places in California by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026