Demographics

The 2015 United States Census reported that Arvin had a population of 20,328.

Racial Makeup

The racial makeup of Arvin was:

• 17,154 (84.4%) White
• 235 (1.2%) African American
• 98 (1.5%) Native American
• 82 (0.4%) Asian
• 91 (0.4%) Pacific Islander
• 2,285 (11.2%) from other races
• 383 (1.9%) from two or more races
• Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18,809 persons (92.5%)

Age & Sex

The population was spread out with:

• 8,408 people (41.3%) under the age of 19
• 7,839 people (38.6%) aged 20 to 44
• 3,221 people (15.8%) aged 45 to 64
• 860 people (0.04%) aged 65 years of age or older

The median age was 23.7 years. Population was predominately males at 10,579 (52.0%) in comparison to females at 9,749 (48.0%).

Housing

Most recent housing demographics are consistent with 2010 Census. A total of 4,859 households, out of which:

• 3,024 (71.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them
• 2,803 (66.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together
• 646 (15.3%) had a female householder with no husband present
• 355 (8.4%) had a male householder with no wife present
• There were 291 (6.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
• 24 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships
• 303 households (7.2%) were made up of individuals
• 125 (3.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older

The average household size was 4.48. There were 3,804 families (90.0% of all households), and the average family size was 4.59.

There were 4,533 occupied housing units, of which 2,085 (46.0%) were owner-occupied, and 2,448 (54.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.2%.