Cathedral City, California demographics

Cathedral City, CA demographics: median age 41.1; 24.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Cathedral City city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0612048. The survey estimates a population of 52,267 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Cathedral City is 41.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.6 years. There are 18,979 households (±560). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	41.1 ±1.6	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 52,267
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	10,440 ±854	20.0% ±1.6 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	11,097 ±832	21.2% ±1.6 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	20,807 ±1,014	39.8% ±1.9 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	9,923 ±568	19.0% ±1.1 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 52,267
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	28,129 ±721	53.8% ±1.4 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	24,138 ±701	46.2% ±1.3 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 52,267
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	19,281 ±1,193	36.9% ±2.3 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,052 ±340	2.0% ±0.7 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,402 ±573	2.7% ±1.1 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	3,132 ±628	6.0% ±1.2 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	91 ±64 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	10,345 ±1,242	19.8% ±2.4 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	16,964 ±1,343	32.5% ±2.6 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 52,267
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,724 ±1,120	39.7% ±2.1 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31,543 ±1,127	60.3% ±2.2 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,979
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	8,749 ±395	46.1% ±1.6 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,044 ±231	5.5% ±1.2 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,209 ±334	11.6% ±1.7 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	5,611 ±557	29.6% ±2.8 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,366 ±199	7.2% ±1.0 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,979
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,147 ±287	27.1% ±1.3 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	13,832 ±717	72.9% ±3.1 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,979
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	5,611 ±557	29.6% ±2.8 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,923 ±494	31.2% ±2.4 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,273 ±298	12.0% ±1.5 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,507 ±373	13.2% ±1.9 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,560 ±276	8.2% ±1.4 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	607 ±163	3.2% ±0.9 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	498 ±151	2.6% ±0.8 pp	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 52,267
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	37,649 ±847	72.0% ±1.6 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	14,618 ±848	28.0% ±1.6 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 49,669
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	23,181 ±1,150	46.7% ±2.3 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	23,427 ±1,177	47.2% ±2.3 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	244 ±93	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	146 ±63	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	100 ±56 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	327 ±113	0.7% ±0.2 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	53 ±42 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	123 ±89 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	232 ±173 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,274 ±318	2.6% ±0.6 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	355 ±180 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	101 ±81 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	106 ±101 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 37,552
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	7,204 ±738	19.2% ±1.9 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	10,353 ±608	27.6% ±1.5 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	8,009 ±656	21.3% ±1.7 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,795 ±378	7.4% ±1.0 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	5,479 ±535	14.6% ±1.4 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,712 ±418	9.9% ±1.1 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 51,691
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	47,382 ±614	91.7% ±1.1 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,158 ±449	4.2% ±0.9 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,184 ±380	2.3% ±0.7 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	544 ±159	1.1% ±0.3 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	423 ±184	0.8% ±0.4 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.1% of Cathedral City residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 91.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cathedral City	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.1% ±1.2 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.3% ±0.5 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.5% ±0.6 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Cathedral City . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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