Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety25#11,656/15,637
Economy47#8,262/15,631
Housing10#13,411/14,977
Health67#5,093/15,609
Healthcare47#8,217/15,650
Environment0#15,407/15,453
Education18#12,838/15,649
Infrastructure88#1,906/15,650
Community7#14,526/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,532/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Loma Linda, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “San Bernardino County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Depression · low18.4%
89/100California 20.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high12.9 /10k
88/100California 17.5 /10kUnited States 7.7 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySan Bernardino County value
Adult obesity · low27.4%
88/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high51.8%
87/100California 37.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
86/100California 10 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSan Bernardino County value
Comfortable days · high31.7%
85/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSan Bernardino County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high108 days
0/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Bernardino County value
Days with unhealthy air · high30.1%
0/100California 12.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Bernardino County value
Median Air Quality Index · high77
1/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Bernardino County value
Mammography screening · low29.0%
2/100California 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Bernardino County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high10.3 µg/m³
2/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Bernardino County value
Students per teacher · high22.1×
3/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSan Bernardino County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.7% (2015-2019) → 93.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$55,607 (2015-2019) → $82,353 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
18.3% (2015-2019) → 10.5% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
45.2% (2015-2019) → 51.8% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
16.8% (2015-2019) → 12.3% (2020-2024)
−4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeImproving
23.8 min (2015-2019) → 19.6 min (2020-2024)
−18%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Loma Linda, California improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Commute−4.2 min23.8 min → 19.6 min
Household income+48%$55,607 → $82,353
Child poverty−7.9 points18.3% → 10.5%
Bachelor's++6.5 points45.2% → 51.8%
Broadband+11 points82.7% → 93.9%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0420.448 → 0.490

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Loma Linda, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	−4.2 min	Improved	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%2015-2019	51.8%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Improved	77%
Broadband subscriptions	82.7%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	65%
Child poverty rate	18.3%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	89.2%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	6.6×2015-2019	7.2×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4482015-2019	0.4902020-2024	+0.042	Declined	20%
Median household income	$55,6072015-2019	$82,3532020-2024	+48%	Improved	83%
Poverty rate	16.8%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent as share of income	34.0%2015-2019	34.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	57.4%2015-2019	58.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2015-2019	6.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	43%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Loma Linda, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Loma Linda, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Loma Linda, California itself moved +4.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

25,122 residents (±37)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+2.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

25,122 residents (±37)

Loma Linda, California
California share

White28%7,159
Black7.8%†1,960
Hispanic or Latino30%7,498

Education

18,268 residents (±557)

Loma Linda, California
California share

No high school diploma8.5%1,561
High school or GED17%3,160
Some college14%2,549

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

9,386 households (±366)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Under $25k15%1,419
$25k–50k16%1,510
$50k–75k12%1,160
$75k–100k14%1,284
$100k–150k20%1,876
$150k–200k7.7%719
$200k or more15%1,418

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

9,386 households (±366)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Own38%3,556
Rent62%5,830

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

5,656 households (±469)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Under $7503.7%†208
$750–1,0003.7%†209
$1,000–1,50020%1,147

Home values

3,556 homes (±376)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Under $150k6.2%†221
$150k–250k2.8%†98
$250k–400k11%†391

Age of homes

10,181 homes (±418)

Loma Linda, California
California share

2010 or later11%1,082
2000–200917%1,686
1980–199930%3,091

Size of homes

10,181 homes (±418)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Studio2.9%†296
1 bedroom11%1,145
2 bedrooms42%4,244

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

12,129 workers (±609)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Drive alone67%8,153
Carpool9.5%†1,157
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.4%†901
Bike1.0%†118
Work from home14%1,646
Other1.3%†154

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−11.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

10,483 workers (±751)

Loma Linda, California
California share

Under 15 min44%4,571
15–29 min32%3,304
30–44 min16%1,713

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of San Bernardino County, the county holding most of Loma Linda's residents.

San Bernardino County has 42,571 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.74× California's), with 718,612 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,598. The Census Bureau also counts 186,837 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 42,571; 186,837 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 718,612
Average annual pay: $54,598; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of San Bernardino County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	4,067	18.5	0.89×About typical	48,080	$72,914	7,701
Restaurants and other eating places	3,721	16.9	0.92×About typical	69,303	$25,267	911
Specialty trade contractors	2,708	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	27,193	$73,471	9,074
Truck transportation	2,532	11.5	2.27×More than typical	23,246	$62,728	12,343
Lessors of real estate	1,898	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	7,041	$61,729	12,165
Limited-service restaurants	1,879	8.5	1.06×About typical	36,805	$23,556	366
Offices of physicians	1,273	5.8	0.89×About typical	11,477	$108,046	997
Full-service restaurants	1,245	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	25,016	$27,912	260
Automotive repair and maintenance	1,225	5.6	1.10×About typical	8,143	$53,194	4,044
Building equipment contractors	1,114	5.1	0.84×About typical	11,801	$83,858	2,262
Construction of buildings	1,097	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	5,851	$71,086	6,041
Offices of dentists	963	4.4	1.08×About typical	6,183	$51,494	409

Rank places for an industry Open San Bernardino County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,203,706 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Loma Linda, California: $152 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $3.8M; −21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $152; US $2,008
Sole-source: 38%; US 30%
Single offer: 36%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$1.4M35%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$732.4K19%
Department of the Army$432.8K11%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$268.3K7.0%
Office of Procurement Operations$229.5K6.0%
Office of the Secretary$214.8K5.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$189.4K4.9%
U.S. Geological Survey$63.3K1.7%

Top recipients

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.$2.2M58%
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY$1.3M35%
STANDARD-BLAZAR, LLC$171.7K4.5%
BLUE TECH INC.$54.2K1.4%
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$52.4K1.4%

Spending by fiscal year

20.4MFY2017
12.7MFY2018
5.8MFY2019
6.4MFY2020
20.3MFY2021
3.6MFY2022
7MFY2023
8.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Software publishers · 5112$2.2M58%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$1.4M36%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$260.3K6.8%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$40.5K1.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$14.4K0.4%

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Loma Linda, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Loma Linda, California's figures are part of those of San Bernardino County, CA ($840.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Loma Linda is mostly in San Bernardino County.

See federal money in San Bernardino County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Loma Linda, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

San Bernardino County29100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA27

Other cities and towns in San Bernardino County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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