Poway, California demographics

Poway, CA demographics: median age 41.2; 54.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Poway city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0658520. The survey estimates a population of 48,713 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Poway is 41.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.4 years. There are 16,423 households (±427). 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	41.2 ±1.4	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 48,713
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	11,442 ±819	23.5% ±1.7 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	8,556 ±790	17.6% ±1.6 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	19,463 ±901	40.0% ±1.8 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	9,252 ±624	19.0% ±1.3 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 48,713
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	25,111 ±597	51.5% ±1.2 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	23,602 ±617	48.5% ±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: 48,713
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	29,615 ±1,168	60.8% ±2.4 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,473 ±548	3.0% ±1.1 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	422 ±189	0.9% ±0.4 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,045 ±743	12.4% ±1.5 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	250 ±290 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,224 ±976	6.6% ±2.0 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	7,684 ±980	15.8% ±2.0 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 48,713
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,535 ±1,241	81.2% ±2.5 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9,178 ±1,253	18.8% ±2.6 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: 16,423
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	10,818 ±365	65.9% ±1.4 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	725 ±172	4.4% ±1.0 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,419 ±234	8.6% ±1.4 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,585 ±370	15.7% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	876 ±225	5.3% ±1.4 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 16,423
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,899 ±318	35.9% ±1.7 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	10,524 ±593	64.1% ±3.2 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 16,423
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,585 ±370	15.7% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,642 ±394	34.4% ±2.2 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,257 ±349	19.8% ±2.1 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,245 ±339	19.8% ±2.0 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,001 ±202	6.1% ±1.2 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	363 ±119	2.2% ±0.7 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	330 ±154	2.0% ±0.9 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: 48,713
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	39,926 ±880	82.0% ±1.8 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	8,787 ±870	18.0% ±1.8 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 45,665
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	34,318 ±1,210	75.2% ±2.5 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	4,554 ±957	10.0% ±2.1 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	210 ±162 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	263 ±109	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	436 ±239 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,511 ±403	3.3% ±0.9 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	174 ±121 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	866 ±267	1.9% ±0.6 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	729 ±328	1.6% ±0.7 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,143 ±318	2.5% ±0.7 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	647 ±291	1.4% ±0.6 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	321 ±213 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	493 ±213	1.1% ±0.5 pp	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: 34,253
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,014 ±442	5.9% ±1.3 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,839 ±557	14.1% ±1.6 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,945 ±543	17.4% ±1.6 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,887 ±418	8.4% ±1.2 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	10,634 ±665	31.0% ±1.9 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7,934 ±601	23.2% ±1.7 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: 48,157
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	44,113 ±703	91.6% ±1.4 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,075 ±550	6.4% ±1.1 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	323 ±164 · low precision	0.7% ±0.3 pp · low precision	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	447 ±220	0.9% ±0.5 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	199 ±161 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	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

3.3% of Poway residents (±0.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 95.6% 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	Poway	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.3% ±0.7 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.6% ±3.5 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	8.2% ±1.0 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Higher

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 Poway . 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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