Crescent City, CA

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
27,107
US Senator
Alex Padilla
Democratic Party
US Senator
Adam Schiff
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
39.9
2.21% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
12.9%
11.4% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$67,058
0.416% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$342,000
7.01% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
10,165
2.09% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Crescent City, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

96.7% of the residents in Crescent City, CA are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Crescent City, CA was $342,000, and the homeownership rate was 70.1%.

Most people in Crescent City, CA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Crescent City, CA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Crescent City, CA is home to a population of 27.1k people, from which 96.7% are citizens. As of 2024, 6.83% of Crescent City, CA residents were born outside of the country (1.85k people).

In 2024, there were 7.83 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16.2k people) in Crescent City, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.07k Other (Hispanic) and 1.57k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

96.7%
2024 Citizenship
96.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 96.7% of Crescent City, CA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Crescent City, CA was 96.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Crescent City, CA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    16.2k ± 265
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    2.07k ± 434
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    1.57k ± 296
19.9%
Hispanic Population
5.4k people

In 2024, there were 7.83 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16.2k people) in Crescent City, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.07k Other (Hispanic) and 1.57k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

19.9% of the people in Crescent City, CA are hispanic (5.4k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Crescent City, CA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for California.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,862,617 ± 45,816 people
  2. Philippines
    824,246 ± 22,054 people
  3. China
    687,951 ± 20,184 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of California was Mexico, the natal country of 3,862,617 California residents, followed by Philippines with 824,246 and China with 687,951.

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Foreign-Born Population

6.83%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
1.85k people
7.55%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2.06k people

As of 2024, 6.83% of Crescent City, CA residents (1.85k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Crescent City, CA was 7.55%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    736 ± 167
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    249 ± 99
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    237 ± 131

Crescent City, CA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.96 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Crescent City, CA.

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Economy

The economy of Crescent City, CA employs 10.2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Crescent City, CA were Public Administration (1,698 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,684 people), and Educational Services (945 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($144,712), Information ($103,470), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($103,166).

Employment

Occupations

10.2k
2024 Value
± 770
−2.09%
1 Year decline
± 11%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Crescent City, CA declined at a rate of −2.09%, from 10.4k employees to 10.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Crescent City, CA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,155 people), Sales & Related Occupations (865 people), and Management Occupations (821 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Crescent City, CA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for California.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in California (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

10.2k
2024 Value
± 770
−2.09%
1 Year decline
± 11%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Crescent City, CA declined at a rate of −2.09%, from 10.4k employees to 10.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Crescent City, CA, are Public Administration (1,698 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,684 people), and Educational Services (945 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Crescent City, CA, though some of these residents may live in Crescent City, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$42,041
Median earning men ± $4,803
$37,413
Median earning women ± $4,432

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($103,470), Public Administration ($92,872), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($75,455).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($90,477), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($73,084), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($60,673).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for California.
Y-Axis
2.57%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 17.9M people employed in California. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in California.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 31
    Construction
  2. 29
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
  3. 26
    Health Care and Social Assistance

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $75.1k
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  2. $34.3k
    Retail Trade
  3. $17k
    Accommodation and Food Services

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Crescent City, CA. Showing the available data for California.
2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (58.5%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (38.3%)
    Republican Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.25%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in California for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from California

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for California.
Alex Padilla
Senator from California3
Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Kamala Harris, who had become Vice President of the United States.
Adam Schiff
Senator from California1
Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed Laphonza Butler, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein.

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in California over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Crescent City, CA was $342,000 in 2024, which is 1.03 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $319,600 to $342,000, a 7.01% increase. The homeownership rate in Crescent City, CA is 70.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Crescent City, CA have an average commute time of 19.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Crescent City, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$342,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$17,032
$6,673
Median Property Taxes
±$581

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Crescent City, CA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Crescent City, CA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

70.1%
Homeownership
2024
65.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 70.1% of the housing units in Crescent City, CA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 71.2%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$67,058
Median Household Income
± $6,573
9.52k
Number of Households
± 712

In 2024, the median household income of the 9.52k households in Crescent City, CA grew to $67,058 from the previous year's value of $66,780.

The following chart displays the households in Crescent City, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Crescent City, CA is from California.
0.495
2023 Wage GINI in California
0.498
2022 Wage GINI in California

In 2023, the income inequality in California was 0.495 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.573% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for California was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in California in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in California across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (65.9%)
  2. Carpooled (21.2%)
  3. Worked At Home (7.38%)

In 2024, 65.9% of workers in Crescent City, CA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (21.2%) and those who worked at home (7.38%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

19.6 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Crescent City, CA have a shorter commute time (19.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.47% of the workforce in Crescent City, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Crescent City, CA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Crescent City, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Crescent City, CA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Crescent City, CA (3.2k out of 24.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Crescent City, CA is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

94.5% of the population of Crescent City, CA has health coverage, with 33.7% on employee plans, 31.9% on Medicaid, 14.4% on Medicare, 13.5% on non-group plans, and 0.945% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in California see 1,233 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,233 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1076 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 213 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for California.
1,233 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in California

Primary care physicians in California see an average of 1,233 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,233 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in California in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.8% under 18 years, 17.5% between 18 and 34 years, 36.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 21.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

5.52%
Uninsured
33.7%
Employer Coverage
31.9%
Medicaid
14.4%
Medicare
13.5%
Non-Group
0.945%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Crescent City, CA declined by 5.99% from 5.87% to 5.52%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Crescent City, CA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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