Palmdale, CA
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PalmdaleCA averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $503,499 +0% yr/yr · +15.9% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
2025131 housing units ($35.5M)
🗳️ Ballot measures (1)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure PD
2024-11-05 · Passed — 27,151 yes / 22,225 no
Recent meetings
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $863.7M | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP Department of Defense · ACAT 1D B-2 DMS-M EMD |
| $653.8M | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION Department of Defense · DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT |
| $538.5M | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION National Aeronautics and Space Administr · THE LOW BOOM FLIGHT DEMONSTRATOR (LBFD) CONTRACT IS FOR THE DESIGN, CO |
| $458.2M | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP Department of Defense · CY22-24 B-2 PROGRAMMED DEPOT MAINTENANCE |
| $386.6M | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION Department of Defense · DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT |
| $323.4M | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP Department of Defense · B-2 SOFTWARE SUSTAINMENT AND LABORATORY SUPPORT. |
| $276.0M | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP Department of Defense · B-2 CY25-27 PROGRAMMED DEPOT MAINTENANCE (PDM) |
| $255.9M | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP Department of Defense · B-2 CY 21-24 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT (CLS) |
| $240.7M | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION Department of Defense · IGF::OT::IGF HYPERSONIC AIR-BREATHING WEAPON CONCEPT (HAWC) PHASE 2 |
| $235.4M | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION Department of Defense · FY23 U-2 SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT PROGRAMMED DEPOT MAINTENANCE (ORDER |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Los Angeles County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration-86,523 people (-$4.38B net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)29 ({"Fire": 61, "Flood": 10, "Severe Storm": 8, "Earthquake": 3 · last Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Traffic fatalities19 (3 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments304,988 (3,987,736 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,625/mo (2,608 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy34.3% (low numeracy 43% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
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131
Permitted housing units
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.