County San Bernardino County, California - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in San Bernardino County, California was $82,184. An estimated 4.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 10.8% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 81.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 28.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 21.1 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $20,858. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 13.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 18.2% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 12.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 11.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 14.9 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 59.1% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 38.5% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 36.6% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in San Bernardino County, California in 2019-2023, 91.5% had health insurance coverage and 8.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 56.4% and public coverage was 43%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 4.5%.

In 2019-2023, San Bernardino County, California had a total population of 2,187,816 - 1,092,203 (49.9%) females and 1,095,613 (50.1%) males. The median age was 34.4 years. An estimated 25.8% of the population was under 18 years, 35.9% was 19 to 44 years, 23.3% was 45 to 64 years, and 12.3 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 668,004 households in San Bernardino County, California. The average household size was 3.21 people.

Married-couple households made up 51.3% of the households in San Bernardino County, California while cohabiting couple households made up 7.9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 25.1% of all households, while 15.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 8.5% of households were male householders living alone, and 9.8% were female householders living alone, for a total of 18.3% of all households.

In San Bernardino County, California, 40% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 29.1% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 78.6% of the people living in San Bernardino County, California were U.S. natives. 65.7% of the San Bernardino County, California population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 21.4% of San Bernardino County, California residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 52.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 84.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of San Bernardino County, California come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for San Bernardino County, California.

Among people at least five years old living in San Bernardino County, California in 2019-2023, 43.6 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 35.3% of people at least five years old; 15% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 90 % of the people at least one year old living in San Bernardino County, California were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 82.1 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 22.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 17.9% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in San Bernardino County, California was 605,077 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 24,443 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 418,419. College or graduate school enrollment was 162,215.

In San Bernardino County, California, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 11.8 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.5% of people under 18 years old, to 10% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 36.5% of those 65 and over.

In San Bernardino County, California, 56.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 37.8% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 77.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 15.9% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6.2 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in San Bernardino County, California worked in the following industries:

An estimated 75.2% of San Bernardino County, California workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 11% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 32.5 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, San Bernardino County, California had a total of 738,535 housing units. Of these housing units, 74.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 19.9% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 5.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

6.8% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 3.7% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in San Bernardino County, California was 5.4 rooms, and of these housing units 63.6% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, San Bernardino County, California had 668,004 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 70,531 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 61.5% while renters occupied 38.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.27 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.12.

8.6% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 7.8% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 4.6% and another 33.9% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in San Bernardino County, California:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in San Bernardino County, California was $475,000.

Of the owner-occupied households, 69.6 % had a mortgage. 30.4% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,274 and for owners without a mortgage it was $628.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for San Bernardino County, California was $1,706. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.