Housing density: 1,526 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $365,661.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,674 (lower quartile is $1,175, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,725
Median gross rent in Carson, CA in 2022: $1,736
Housing units in Carson with a mortgage: 13,726 (1,502 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 962 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 58
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $123,385
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $87,999
Size of family households: 5,710 2-persons, 4,174 3-persons, 5,832 4-persons, 3,043 5-persons, 1,772 6-persons, 1,069 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,994 1-person, 872 2-persons, 84 3-persons.
10,505 married couples with children.
3,437 single-parent households (1,910 men, 1,527 women).
46.4% of residents of Carson speak English at home.
31.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
19.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 29,604 (32.0%)
(66.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.0% Number of people working at home: 3,303 (7.8% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 335
5 to 9 minutes: 2,630
10 to 14 minutes: 5,159
15 to 19 minutes: 6,176
20 to 24 minutes: 6,297
25 to 29 minutes: 3,462
30 to 34 minutes: 5,110
35 to 39 minutes: 1,493
40 to 44 minutes: 359
45 to 59 minutes: 4,636
60 to 89 minutes: 2,447
90 or more minutes: 1,165
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 48,074 (76.9%)
Carpooled: 7,315 (11.7%)
Bus: 922 (1.5%)
Subway or elevated rail: 347 (0.6%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 55 (0.1%)
Taxi: 1,535 (2.5%)
Walked: 962 (1.5%)
Worked at home: 3,303 (5.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.3%Males
11.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
7.8%Males
9.5%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
5.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
8.1%Males
1.7%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
6.2%Males
13.5%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
9.7%Males
6.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
6.6%Males
9.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Carson, California
4,2482010 or later
6,6662000 to 2009
6,0701990 to 1999
10,5201980 to 1989
7,0091970 to 1979
3,931Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Nigerian: 1,626 (2.5%)
African: 790 (1.2%)
American: 635 (1.0%)
Irish: 624 (1.0%)
German: 307 (0.5%)
English: 225 (0.4%)
European: 218 (0.3%)
Ethiopian: 107 (0.2%)
Italian: 100 (0.2%)
Arab: 87 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 81 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 62 (0.10%)
Belizean: 62 (0.10%)
French: 55 (0.09%)
Iranian: 44 (0.07%)
French Canadian: 32 (0.05%)
Polish: 30 (0.05%)
Haitian: 28 (0.04%)
Scottish: 26 (0.04%)
Eastern European: 25 (0.04%)
Canadian: 23 (0.04%)
Armenian: 20 (0.03%)
Austrian: 20 (0.03%)
Swedish: 20 (0.03%)
Russian: 19 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.02%)
Ghanaian: 12 (0.02%)
Scandinavian: 10 (0.02%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.01%)
Somali: 9 (0.01%)
Guyanese: 9 (0.01%)
Lebanese: 8 (0.01%)
Romanian: 7 (0.01%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 7 (0.01%)
British: 6 (0.01%)
Bulgarian: 6 (0.01%)
Croatian: 6 (0.01%)
Northern European: 6 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Carson:
39.3% (12,511)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Mexico
Carson:
33.6% (10,710)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Nigeria
Carson:
4.4% (1,408)
California:
0.3% (35,557)
Korea
Carson:
3.5% (1,110)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Guatemala
Carson:
2.5% (805)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
El Salvador
Carson:
2.4% (760)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 51,805
Other state: 8,783
Northeast: 803
Midwest: 1,938
South: 4,352
West: 1,690
93.0% of Carson residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.8% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 67.8% lived in California.
Carson:
93.0%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,619
Nursery to 4th grade: 253
5th and 6th grade: 384
7th and 8th grade: 120
9th grade: 1,178
10th grade: 112
11th grade: 444
12th grade, no diploma: 1,631
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,767
Less than 1 year of college: 2,352
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,015
Associate degree: 2,689
Bachelor's degree: 5,626
Master's degree: 1,916
Professional school degree: 503
Doctorate degree: 159
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,832
Nursery to 4th grade: 529
5th and 6th grade: 701
7th and 8th grade: 336
9th grade: 614
10th grade: 541
11th grade: 312
12th grade, no diploma: 1,450
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,137
Less than 1 year of college: 1,709
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,253
Associate degree: 3,300
Bachelor's degree: 8,050
Master's degree: 3,752
Professional school degree: 694
Doctorate degree: 312
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 19,708
One, attached: 2,704
3 or 4: 455
5 to 9: 247
10 to 19: 434
20 to 49: 313
50 or more: 1,964
Mobile homes: 2,934
Median worth of mobile homes: $217,600
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 2.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.9%
House/condo owner moved in on average 17 years ago