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Adelanto, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Adelanto, California (Adelanto, CA — Census place “Adelanto city”) is 38,010 residents, ranking #225 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $68,419, the median home is worth $318,300 and median gross rent runs $1,389 a month. Looking for the Adelanto California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Adelanto, CA: 92301.
- Population
- 38,010Adelanto city residents
- Median household income
- $68,419Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $318,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,389Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 28.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 60.6%Owner-occupied households
Adelanto ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Adelanto.
The Adelanto CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Adelanto city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Adelanto city median would spend about 24.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.4% of residents and 60.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Adelanto city, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Adelanto city is a small city in California, with 38,010 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #225 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 28.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Adelanto city earn a median of $68,419 a year, 12.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Adelanto city is valued at $318,300, 4.9% above the national figure and 46% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,389 a month, 1.2% below the national figure, or roughly $16,668 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 28.8 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Adelanto city?
- Adelanto city has 38,010 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #225 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Adelanto city?
- Median household income in Adelanto city is $68,419 a year, 12.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Adelanto city?
- Median gross rent is $1,389 a month and the median home value is $318,300, so rent absorbs about 24.4% of median household income.
- Is Adelanto city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Adelanto city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Adelanto city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.