August is a city of 8,825 people in California. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 4% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 28.0. Getting to work takes 47 minutes on average. The foreign-born share is 33%. Households here earn about 46% less than in California as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,173, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 28.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
4% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 135%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about August
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share30.9% → 83.4%(+52.5 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share62.8% → 11.0%(−51.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age31.8 → 28.0(−3.8 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.2%(35)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era50.5%(92)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.4%(8)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 182 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
August, decade by decade
August population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,376
$46,014
$135,124
2.7%
63.6
2000
7,808
$45,946
$126,241
2.1%
69.9
2010
8,390
$43,832
$251,031
1.3%
57.9
2020
8,628
$42,156
$227,985
1.0%
49.4
2024
8,825
$53,173
$296,100
3.9%
36.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
