Chico vs Gridley

A side-by-side comparison of Chico and Gridley: population, income, housing, and more.

Chico and Gridley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chico has the higher population (102,032 vs 7,372 in Gridley). Chico has the higher median household income ($67,929 vs $57,860 in Gridley). Chico has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $297,700 in Gridley).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Gridley
Population	102,032	7,372
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,929	$57,860
Median home value	$455,300	$297,700
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,127
Housing units	45,451	2,703
Homeownership rate	44.3%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Gridley
Population	94,529 → 102,032 (+7.9%)	6,744 → 7,372 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$53,324 → $67,929 (+27.4%)	$46,477 → $57,860 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$327,700 → $455,300 (+38.9%)	$190,500 → $297,700 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,442 (+31.1%)	$795 → $1,127 (+41.8%)

Chico

Population

94,529102,032

Median household income

$53,324$67,929

Median home value

$327,700$455,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,442

Gridley

Population

6,7447,372

Median household income

$46,477$57,860

Median home value

$190,500$297,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chico	Gridley
Under 5	4.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	21.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.1%
75 and over	5.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Gridley
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	54.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	4.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	39.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Gridley
No high school diploma	6.8%	17.9%
High school graduate	16.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Gridley
Drove alone	69.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	3.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	2.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Gridley
1-unit, detached	51.7%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	11.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Gridley
Poverty rate	22.1%	11.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1983	1966