Housing density: 435 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $279,091.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,183 (lower quartile is $966, upper quartile is $1,462)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,105
Median gross rent in Hesperia, CA in 2022: $1,412
Housing units in Hesperia with a mortgage: 13,585 (492 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 236 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 0
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $84,766
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $62,192
Size of family households: 5,556 2-persons, 4,811 3-persons, 5,355 4-persons, 3,478 5-persons, 2,298 6-persons, 1,871 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,841 1-person, 1,580 2-persons.
20,091 married couples with children.
7,223 single-parent households (2,806 men, 4,417 women).
61.2% of residents of Hesperia speak English at home.
36.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 16,613 (16.5%)
(55.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.1% Number of people working at home: 3,888 (10.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 308
5 to 9 minutes: 2,488
10 to 14 minutes: 3,941
15 to 19 minutes: 2,917
20 to 24 minutes: 2,825
25 to 29 minutes: 1,382
30 to 34 minutes: 3,939
35 to 39 minutes: 832
40 to 44 minutes: 372
45 to 59 minutes: 4,945
60 to 89 minutes: 4,331
90 or more minutes: 4,837
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 16,013 (70.6%)
Carpooled: 2,203 (9.7%)
Bus: 117 (0.5%)
Taxi: 431 (1.9%)
Walked: 278 (1.2%)
Worked at home: 3,888 (17.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.0%Males
12.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.2%Males
21.5%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
9.3%Males
2.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
6.5%Males
10.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
6.4%Males
16.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
6.5%Males
12.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Hesperia, California
2,1712010 or later
3,4342000 to 2009
4,3451990 to 1999
2,0651980 to 1989
1,3181970 to 1979
1,465Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 2,013 (3.3%)
German: 2,010 (3.3%)
American: 1,204 (1.9%)
Italian: 1,113 (1.8%)
English: 1,091 (1.8%)
European: 780 (1.3%)
Polish: 312 (0.5%)
French: 291 (0.5%)
Dutch: 211 (0.3%)
African: 208 (0.3%)
Scottish: 188 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 171 (0.3%)
Nigerian: 152 (0.2%)
Swedish: 134 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (0.2%)
Romanian: 111 (0.2%)
Arab: 107 (0.2%)
Canadian: 75 (0.1%)
Northern European: 66 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 57 (0.09%)
Russian: 55 (0.09%)
Jamaican: 48 (0.08%)
French Canadian: 46 (0.07%)
Iranian: 46 (0.07%)
Haitian: 44 (0.07%)
British: 43 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 39 (0.06%)
Jordanian: 36 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.06%)
Danish: 33 (0.05%)
Scandinavian: 27 (0.04%)
Eastern European: 22 (0.04%)
Swiss: 22 (0.04%)
Palestinian: 21 (0.03%)
Basque: 11 (0.02%)
Ethiopian: 11 (0.02%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.01%)
Croatian: 9 (0.01%)
New Zealander: 6 (0.01%)
Pennsylvania German: 6 (0.01%)
Czechoslovakian: 6 (0.01%)
Australian: 4 (0.01%)
Armenian: 4 (0.01%)
Welsh: 4 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Hesperia:
70.5% (12,380)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
El Salvador
Hesperia:
5.5% (960)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Guatemala
Hesperia:
4.6% (809)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Philippines
Hesperia:
2.6% (455)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Nicaragua
Hesperia:
2.6% (448)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 74,178
Other state: 9,226
Northeast: 2,183
Midwest: 2,183
South: 2,032
West: 2,828
94.4% of Hesperia residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 39.6% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 79.9% lived in California.
Hesperia:
94.4%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,473
Nursery to 4th grade: 363
5th and 6th grade: 780
7th and 8th grade: 575
9th grade: 1,195
10th grade: 191
11th grade: 259
12th grade, no diploma: 2,301
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,648
Less than 1 year of college: 3,280
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,341
Associate degree: 1,472
Bachelor's degree: 2,112
Master's degree: 551
Professional school degree: 40
Doctorate degree: 0
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,455
Nursery to 4th grade: 244
5th and 6th grade: 874
7th and 8th grade: 545
9th grade: 987
10th grade: 653
11th grade: 720
12th grade, no diploma: 1,132
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,092
Less than 1 year of college: 2,750
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,719
Associate degree: 2,659
Bachelor's degree: 1,147
Master's degree: 1,453
Professional school degree: 177
Doctorate degree: 140
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 24,254
One, attached: 496
Two: 1,138
3 or 4: 847
5 to 9: 629
10 to 19: 331
20 to 49: 193
50 or more: 524
Mobile homes: 858
Median worth of mobile homes: $90,741
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.9%