
California · Census place 86174
Wofford Heights, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wofford Heights, California (Wofford Heights, CA — Census place “Wofford Heights CDP”) is 2,209 residents, ranking #875 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $40,168, the median home is worth $196,600 and median gross rent runs $921 a month. Looking for the Wofford Heights California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wofford Heights, CA: 93285.
- Population
- 2,209Wofford Heights CDP residents
- Median household income
- $40,168Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $196,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $921Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 59.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.7%Owner-occupied households
Wofford Heights ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wofford Heights.
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What the numbers mean in Wofford Heights CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wofford Heights CDP median would spend about 27.5% 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 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.1% of residents and 70.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wofford Heights CDP, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wofford Heights CDP is a small town in California, with 2,209 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #875 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 45% of them. The median age here is 59.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Wofford Heights CDP earn a median of $40,168 a year, 48.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 56% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 16.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wofford Heights CDP is valued at $196,600, 35.2% below the national figure and 67% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $921 a month, 34.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,052 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.5% 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 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 70.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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 59.2 puts Wofford Heights CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
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 Wofford Heights CDP?
- Wofford Heights CDP has 2,209 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #875 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Wofford Heights CDP?
- Median household income in Wofford Heights CDP is $40,168 a year, 48.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wofford Heights CDP?
- Median gross rent is $921 a month and the median home value is $196,600, so rent absorbs about 27.5% of median household income.
- Is Wofford Heights CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wofford Heights CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Wofford Heights CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.