San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County has a population of 2,197,104 and has grown 1.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $505,000, about 5.9 times the county's median household income of $85,478.

Home price
$505,000
Income
$85,478
Population
2,197,104
Unemployment
7.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$505,000county
Median gross rent$1,801county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198043.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented37.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use5.0%county
Typical monthly rent$2,489county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,201county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,777county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,912county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$85,478county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate13.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.0%county
Unemployment rate7.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government16.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.2%county
Economic output per resident$62,771county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.70%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time32.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service9.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport20147county
Miles to nearest general aviation field13 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here13county
Passenger train stations and the railway network5county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station6.6 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.6%county
Traffic deaths41.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher23.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher82.5%county
Public schools in the county559county
Public school enrollment392414county
Students per full-time teacher22.3county
Free lunch eligible73.9%county
Elementary schools343county
Middle schools79county
High schools97county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above11county
Share of local colleges that are public34.8%county
Two-year institutions12county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county22county
Hospitals here with an emergency department20county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter17.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year23.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year20.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population2,197,104county
Land area in square miles20,068county
People per square mile of land109.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores333county
Convenience stores163county
Share living far from a food store17.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract11.9%county
Population change since 2020+1.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age34.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over12.6%county
Share of households that are one person18.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States21.6%county
Second languages44.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents56county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in46,296county
Households that moved away49,425county
Average income of arriving households$60,585county
Average income of departing households$62,895county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year6,240county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings42.7%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature68.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation7.7 incounty
Annual snowfall2.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.46 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F120 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing1 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days242 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 20county
Average first fall frostNov 17county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$149county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh31.6¢county
Household electricity use503 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity21.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas70.8%county
Homes heated by propane3.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband93.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk33.5county
Landslide risk99.9county
Hail risk90.9county
Earthquake risk99.8county
Tornado risk78.8county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk98.4county
Winter weather risk48.4county
Strong wind risk97.0county
Wildfire risk99.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams3county
AHL teams based here1county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for San Bernardino County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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