City safety & data profile

Grand TerraceCA

Grand Terrace, CA is a 12K-resident city in San Bernardino County with a median household income of $83,628.

San Bernardino County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Grand Terrace, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Grand Terrace has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $517,600.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 16%
By size
$83,628
Median income (place)
$517,600
Median home (place)
7.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Grand Terrace

Grand Terrace posts a median household income higher than 54% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 46%
by median income, US cities

Where Grand Terrace income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$83,628 Top 46% higher than 54% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Grand Terrace $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Grand Terrace, CA beyond the headline numbers

Grand Terrace sits inside San Bernardino County, California, at roughly 34.03°N, -117.31°W. Population 12,464, $83,628 median household income. Median home value $517,600, median rent $2,024. Poverty rate 7.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 7.5%, poverty in Grand Terrace, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Grand Terrace costs around 6.2 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 10.8% of Grand Terrace workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Public transit carries 0% of Grand Terrace workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Grand Terrace from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,464
Grand Terrace · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$83,628
-6% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$517,600
+25% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Bernardino County): Grand Terrace's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.2M+7%
Median Income
$85,478+58%
Median Home Value
$505,000+127%
Poverty Rate
13.3%-29%
Unemployment
7%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Grand Terrace, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,024/mo
Poverty Rate
7.5% -40% vs avg
Unemployment 6.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.4%
Work From Home 10.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 42.2%
African American 4.8%
Asian 5.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
36.2%
High Blood Pressure
32.4%
Obesity
31.6%
Physical Inactivity
23.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.2%
Binge Drinking
15.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.9%
Current Smoking
11.4%
Diabetes
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.2%
Annual Checkup 71.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Grand Terrace?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Grand Terrace right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-GRAND-TERRACE · Grand Terrace

Grand Terrace: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Grand Terrace; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Grand Terrace, CA? ▼
Grand Terrace, CA has a population of 12,464 people, located in San Bernardino County, California.
What is the median household income in Grand Terrace? ▼
The median household income in Grand Terrace, CA is $83,628 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.5%.
What is the median home value in Grand Terrace? ▼
The median home value in Grand Terrace, CA is $517,600. Median rent is $2,024/month.
What are the top health concerns in Grand Terrace? ▼
The top health indicators in Grand Terrace include Short Sleep Duration (36.2%), High Blood Pressure (32.4%), Obesity (31.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Grand Terrace? ▼
The median age in Grand Terrace, CA is 37.7 years. 28.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Grand Terrace, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.5% here).

Columbia, MD 7.5% Roswell, GA 7.5% Riverview, FL 7.5% Coram, NY 7.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($83,628 here).

River Falls, WI $83,627 Carney, MD $83,620 Greenwood, IN $83,608 Loganville, GA $83,605

Compare Grand Terrace with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Colton, CA 55K Loma Linda, CA 24K San Bernardino, CA 216K Bloomington, CA 24K Rialto, CA 103K Rubidoux, CA 34K Riverside, CA 317K Muscoy, CA 11K
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Using Grand Terrace's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Grand Terrace area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Bernardino County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.