Ranking of California Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on December 9, 2023.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for California was 12.25%. Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Isla Vista CDP had the highest poverty rate (71.49%), followed by East Bakersfield CDP (44.77%), and Mendota city (37.45%). On the other hand, the following 3 cities and places had the lowest poverty rate: Clayton city (1.21%), San Diego Country Estates CDP (1.81%), and Orinda city (2.06%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places with a population of 10K+ and a high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places with a population of 10K+.

You can also see similar ranking of cities and places for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of California Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021
Isla Vista CDP
East Bakersfield CDP
Mendota city
Arcata city
Dinuba city
Oildale CDP
Parlier city
Barstow city
San Luis Obispo city
Lindsay city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021
Items per page:
0 of 0
Rank City Poverty Rate (%)
1 Isla Vista CDP 71.49
2 East Bakersfield CDP 44.77
3 Mendota city 37.45
4 Arcata city 34.67
5 Dinuba city 31.89
6 Oildale CDP 30.53
7 Parlier city 30.18
8 Barstow city 29.78
9 San Luis Obispo city 29.57
10 Lindsay city 29.46
11 McFarland city 29.32
12 Cudahy city 29.09
13 East Niles CDP 28.77
14 Lemon Hill CDP 28.34
15 Lamont CDP 28.16
16 Arvin city 27.90
17 Corcoran city 27.58
18 Madera city 27.40
19 Red Bluff city 26.87
20 Merced city 26.62
21 Clearlake city 26.49
22 Davis city 26.39
23 Desert Hot Springs city 26.33
24 Brawley city 25.81
25 Potomac Park CDP 25.69
26 Bell Gardens city 25.61
27 Avenal city 25.60
28 California City city 25.40
29 Westmont CDP 25.32
30 Hillcrest CDP 25.16
31 Muscoy CDP 24.87
32 Farmersville city 24.43
33 El Centro city 23.66
34 Marysville city 23.51
35 Selma city 23.45
36 Bell city 23.34
37 Fresno city 22.90
38 Florence-Graham CDP 22.63
39 Linda CDP 22.45
40 Blythe city 22.43
41 Sun Village CDP 22.24
42 Shafter city 22.23
43 Exeter city 21.98
44 North Highlands CDP 21.87
45 Chico city 21.86
46 Parkway CDP 21.79
47 South El Monte city 21.46
48 East Hemet CDP 21.32
49 Oroville city 21.19
50 Porterville city 21.04
51 Calexico city 21.02
52 Adelanto city 20.99
53 San Bernardino city 20.91
54 Maywood city 20.89
55 Willowbrook CDP 20.84
56 Florin CDP 20.68
57 Soledad city 20.08
58 Winton CDP 20.02
59 Arden-Arcade CDP 20.00
60 Huntington Park city 19.94
60 Twentynine Palms city 19.94
61 Lancaster city 19.87
62 Anderson city 19.79
63 Eureka city 19.48
64 Lompoc city 19.37
65 Wasco city 19.17
66 El Cajon city 19.14
67 Banning city 19.02
68 Yucca Valley town 19.01
69 Hesperia city 18.88
70 Victorville city 18.79
71 Cathedral City city 18.77
72 Delano city 18.74
73 Santa Cruz city 18.66
74 Livingston city 18.62
75 Reedley city 18.40
76 Foothill Farms CDP 18.28
77 Big Bear City CDP 18.17
78 El Monte city 18.11
79 Ukiah city 18.06
80 San Jacinto city 18.03
81 McKinleyville CDP 17.97
82 East Los Angeles CDP 17.86
83 Montclair city 17.78
84 Berkeley city 17.59
85 Shasta Lake city 17.49
86 Bostonia CDP 17.42
87 Sanger city 17.39
88 Phelan CDP 17.36
89 Atwater city 17.34
89 Compton city 17.34
90 Susanville city 17.32
91 Hawaiian Gardens city 17.20
92 Hemet city 17.19
93 Stanford CDP 17.17
94 Lennox CDP 17.11
95 Santa Paula city 17.10
96 Apple Valley town 16.95
97 Lake Los Angeles CDP 16.88
98 King City city 16.78
99 Los Angeles city 16.61
100 Coalinga city 16.55
101 Lynwood city 16.49
102 Pomona city 16.36
103 Stockton city 16.32
103 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 16.32
104 Bakersfield city 16.30
105 Kerman city 16.23
106 Ceres city 16.06
107 Tulare city 16.03
107 Valle Vista CDP 16.03
108 Hawthorne city 16.00
109 Chowchilla city 15.97
110 Ashland CDP 15.89
111 Westminster city 15.85
112 Palmdale city 15.77
113 Grass Valley city 15.69
114 Rio Linda CDP 15.52
115 Hanford city 15.51
115 Signal Hill city 15.51
116 Long Beach city 15.45
117 Fallbrook CDP 15.38
118 National City city 15.25
119 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 15.23
120 Walnut Park CDP 15.22
121 Redding city 15.11
122 Mead Valley CDP 14.92
123 Sacramento city 14.83
124 Inglewood city 14.80
125 Colton city 14.78
126 Commerce city 14.77
127 Rosemont CDP 14.74
128 Fortuna city 14.69
129 Turlock city 14.67
130 Azusa city 14.62
130 Rialto city 14.62
130 Rosamond CDP 14.62
131 Coachella city 14.54
132 Indio city 14.53
132 Palm Springs city 14.53
133 Capitola city 14.43
133 Lodi city 14.43
134 Highland city 14.41
134 Paramount city 14.41
135 Salinas city 14.35
136 Garden Acres CDP 14.31
136 South Gate city 14.31
137 Riverbank city 14.28
137 West Sacramento city 14.28
138 Delhi CDP 14.15
139 Bloomington CDP 14.13
140 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 14.11
141 Stanton city 13.93
142 Glendale city 13.86
143 Los Banos city 13.81
144 Palm Desert city 13.70
145 Loma Linda city 13.60
145 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 13.60
146 Moreno Valley city 13.51
146 Oakland city 13.51
147 Emeryville city 13.50
148 Visalia city 13.48
149 Richmond city 13.44
150 Imperial Beach city 13.42
151 Magalia CDP 13.34
152 Placerville city 13.33
153 Garden Grove city 13.32
154 Lake Elsinore city 13.21
155 Pasadena city 13.17
156 Valley Center CDP 13.13
157 Home Gardens CDP 13.08
158 Baldwin Park city 13.06
159 Escondido city 13.05
160 Anaheim city 13.04
161 Yuba City city 13.02
162 Ontario city 12.98
163 Watsonville city 12.93
164 Auburn city 12.90
165 Riverside city 12.89
166 Antioch city 12.87
166 Santa Barbara city 12.87
167 Modesto city 12.79
168 Santa Maria city 12.78
169 Bay Point CDP 12.75
169 Bellflower city 12.75
169 South Lake Tahoe city 12.75
170 Alhambra city 12.73
170 Lemoore city 12.73
171 Vineyard CDP 12.71
172 Port Hueneme city 12.65
173 Fullerton city 12.52
173 Rosemead city 12.52
173 San Gabriel city 12.52
174 Madera Acres CDP 12.50
175 San Pablo city 12.44
176 Santa Ana city 12.28
177 Seaside city 12.27
178 Irvine city 12.26
179 Gardena city 12.25
180 North Auburn CDP 12.11
180 Oakdale city 12.11
181 Perris city 12.09
182 East Palo Alto city 12.04
183 Olivehurst CDP 11.94
184 West Hollywood city 11.91
185 Monterey city 11.89
186 Greenfield city 11.87
187 Diamond Springs CDP 11.86
188 La Mesa city 11.83
189 Lomita city 11.75
190 Jurupa Valley city 11.65
191 Carmichael CDP 11.63
192 San Diego city 11.59
193 Santa Fe Springs city 11.55
194 Cherryland CDP 11.54
194 Fontana city 11.54
195 Montebello city 11.42
195 Ridgecrest city 11.42
196 Monterey Park city 11.39
197 Rancho Mirage city 11.31
198 Lathrop city 11.26
199 Rancho Cordova city 11.23
200 Laguna Woods city 11.18
201 West Puente Valley CDP 11.09
202 Tehachapi city 11.06
203 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 11.03
204 Lakeland Village CDP 11.02
205 Vallejo city 10.98
206 La Presa CDP 10.97
207 La Quinta city 10.96
208 Sonoma city 10.95
209 Burbank city 10.86
210 La Riviera CDP 10.81
211 Upland city 10.78
212 Rowland Heights CDP 10.76
213 Manteca city 10.74
214 Alum Rock CDP 10.72
214 Vista city 10.72
215 Oxnard city 10.57
215 Santa Monica city 10.57
216 North Fair Oaks CDP 10.44
217 La Habra city 10.42
218 Rohnert Park city 10.38
219 Pittsburg city 10.31
219 San Francisco city 10.31
220 Orange city 10.29
221 Temple City city 10.27
222 Valinda CDP 10.24
223 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 10.23
223 Tustin city 10.23
224 Los Alamitos city 10.20
225 Citrus CDP 10.19
225 Goleta city 10.19
226 Beverly Hills city 10.16
227 Marina city 10.15
228 San Fernando city 10.07
229 Antelope CDP 10.05
230 Los Osos CDP 9.99
231 Healdsburg city 9.97
232 Pico Rivera city 9.96
232 Truckee town 9.96
233 Suisun City city 9.81
234 Buena Park city 9.80
234 Santa Rosa city 9.80
234 Tracy city 9.80
235 Lawndale city 9.76
236 Laguna Hills city 9.70
237 Wildomar city 9.65
238 Costa Mesa city 9.64
239 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 9.63
240 Live Oak CDP 9.60
241 Yucaipa city 9.59
242 Nipomo CDP 9.56
243 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 9.54
244 Oceanside city 9.45
245 Citrus Heights city 9.44
246 Grover Beach city 9.42
247 East San Gabriel CDP 9.39
247 La Puente city 9.39
248 Calabasas city 9.36
249 San Leandro city 9.33
250 Woodland city 9.31
251 San Marcos city 9.29
252 Hollister city 9.27
253 Downey city 9.23
254 Imperial city 9.21
255 Galt city 9.19
256 Whittier city 9.18
257 Monrovia city 9.17
258 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 9.16
258 San Rafael city 9.16
259 Carson city 9.13
259 Chula Vista city 9.13
259 Duarte city 9.13
259 Winter Gardens CDP 9.13
260 South San Jose Hills CDP 9.12
261 Concord city 9.11
262 Corona city 9.05
263 Alpine CDP 9.03
263 West Carson CDP 9.03
264 Covina city 9.02
265 West Covina city 8.97
266 Arcadia city 8.93
267 Norwalk city 8.89
268 Calimesa city 8.88
269 Camp Pendleton South CDP 8.85
270 Beaumont city 8.84
271 Fairfield city 8.83
272 Grand Terrace city 8.76
273 Atascadero city 8.75
273 Lemon Grove city 8.75
274 South Whittier CDP 8.73
275 Golden Hills CDP 8.71
275 Redlands city 8.71
275 San Dimas city 8.71
276 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 8.65
277 Malibu city 8.64
278 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 8.61
279 La Verne city 8.47
280 Quartz Hill CDP 8.45
281 Carpinteria city 8.44
281 Elk Grove city 8.44
282 Kingsburg city 8.43
283 Hacienda Heights CDP 8.41
284 Fountain Valley city 8.29
285 Santa Clarita city 8.27
286 Fair Oaks CDP 8.26
287 Clovis city 8.15
288 Albany city 8.14
289 Orangevale CDP 8.08
290 Santee city 8.04
291 Chino city 7.98
292 Hayward city 7.97
293 Morro Bay city 7.93
294 Salida CDP 7.92
295 Novato city 7.91
296 Menifee city 7.89
297 Diamond Bar city 7.86
298 Napa city 7.85
299 Huntington Beach city 7.84
300 Rosedale CDP 7.83
301 Cameron Park CDP 7.80
302 Larkspur city 7.75
303 Newman city 7.74
304 Temecula city 7.70
305 San Jose city 7.67
305 Simi Valley city 7.67
306 Camarillo city 7.63
307 Walnut city 7.58
308 Glendora city 7.56
309 Gilroy city 7.41
310 Rancho Cucamonga city 7.31
311 Carlsbad city 7.29
312 Cypress city 7.28
313 Torrance city 7.25
314 Laguna Niguel city 7.19
315 American Canyon city 7.18
316 Placentia city 7.17
317 Redwood City city 7.12
318 San Lorenzo CDP 7.11
319 Discovery Bay CDP 7.10
319 Pleasant Hill city 7.10
320 San Mateo city 7.05
321 Soquel CDP 6.98
322 Roseville city 6.97
322 Santa Clara city 6.97
323 Avocado Heights CDP 6.90
324 Chino Hills city 6.87
324 Vacaville city 6.87
325 Newport Beach city 6.86
326 Lincoln city 6.83
327 Half Moon Bay city 6.82
328 El Cerrito city 6.81
329 Alameda city 6.79
329 Daly City city 6.79
329 Lake Forest city 6.79
330 Oakley city 6.72
331 Artesia city 6.69
331 Temescal Valley CDP 6.69
332 Dixon city 6.67
333 Encinitas city 6.66
334 Thousand Oaks city 6.65
335 Fillmore city 6.64
336 French Valley CDP 6.62
337 Brentwood city 6.60
338 Millbrae city 6.57
339 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 6.56
339 Ramona CDP 6.56
340 San Juan Capistrano city 6.52
341 Patterson city 6.51
342 Brea city 6.48
343 Canyon Lake city 6.44
344 Prunedale CDP 6.41
345 Ripon city 6.39
346 La Palma city 6.38
347 Castro Valley CDP 6.33
348 South San Francisco city 6.27
349 Milpitas city 6.21
350 Blackhawk CDP 6.15
351 Bonita CDP 6.11
352 Culver City city 6.09
352 Murrieta city 6.09
353 Martinez city 6.06
353 San Marino city 6.06
353 South Pasadena city 6.06
354 Altadena CDP 5.94
355 Petaluma city 5.93
356 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 5.90
357 Belmont city 5.87
358 Oak Park CDP 5.80
359 Menlo Park city 5.79
360 Sierra Madre city 5.75
361 Seal Beach city 5.71
362 Laguna Beach city 5.70
363 Arroyo Grande city 5.62
364 Dana Point city 5.60
364 Pacific Grove city 5.60
365 Lakewood city 5.57
366 Coronado city 5.56
366 Rancho San Diego CDP 5.56
367 Mountain View city 5.54
368 La Mirada city 5.53
369 Campbell city 5.52
370 Mill Valley city 5.50
371 Hercules city 5.49
372 Union City city 5.48
373 Walnut Creek city 5.44
374 Vincent CDP 5.39
375 San Bruno city 5.36
376 Pacifica city 5.35
377 Woodcrest CDP 5.33
378 San Clemente city 5.31
379 Orcutt CDP 5.28
379 Yorba Linda city 5.28
380 Pinole city 5.24
380 Sunnyvale city 5.24
381 Redondo Beach city 5.15
382 Poway city 5.13
383 Benicia city 5.09
384 Cupertino city 5.07
384 Stevenson Ranch CDP 5.07
385 Moorpark city 5.02
385 Palo Alto city 5.02
386 Folsom city 5.01
387 Aliso Viejo city 4.94
387 Corte Madera town 4.94
388 Fremont city 4.87
389 Moraga town 4.85
390 Pleasanton city 4.83
391 Cerritos city 4.80
391 Granite Bay CDP 4.80
392 Danville town 4.79
393 Mission Viejo city 4.73
394 El Dorado Hills CDP 4.70
394 Solana Beach city 4.70
395 Claremont city 4.60
395 Rocklin city 4.60
396 Norco city 4.59
397 Hermosa Beach city 4.52
398 Rancho Santa Margarita city 4.51
399 El Segundo city 4.49
400 Lafayette city 4.48
401 Palos Verdes Estates city 4.32
402 Newark city 4.28
403 Eastvale city 4.26
403 Piedmont city 4.26
404 Burlingame city 4.21
405 Scotts Valley city 4.18
406 San Ramon city 4.08
407 Del Aire CDP 4.00
408 Livermore city 3.98
409 San Anselmo town 3.95
410 Rancho Palos Verdes city 3.94
411 Windsor town 3.80
412 Coto de Caza CDP 3.79
413 Dublin city 3.65
414 Castaic CDP 3.59
415 Agoura Hills city 3.56
415 Morgan Hill city 3.56
416 Rossmoor CDP 3.55
417 Alamo CDP 3.54
418 Los Gatos town 3.53
419 Foster City city 3.46
419 North Tustin CDP 3.46
420 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 3.30
421 La Cañada Flintridge city 3.20
422 Mountain House CDP 3.15
423 Manhattan Beach city 3.08
424 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 3.01
425 Saratoga city 2.93
426 San Carlos city 2.88
427 Los Altos city 2.69
428 Ladera Ranch CDP 2.53
429 Fairview CDP 2.41
430 Hillsborough town 2.37
431 Orinda city 2.06
432 San Diego Country Estates CDP 1.81
433 Clayton city 1.21