Cantua Creek vs Friant

A side-by-side comparison of Cantua Creek and Friant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cantua Creek has the higher population (520 vs 367 in Friant). Friant has the higher median household income ($51,765 vs $40,222 in Cantua Creek). Since 2019, Cantua Creek's population has grown faster (+37.2% vs -39.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cantua Creek	Friant
Population	520	367
Median age	21.7 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,222	$51,765
Median home value	—	$260,200
Median gross rent	$660	$1,110
Housing units	122	236
Homeownership rate	17.2%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantua Creek	Friant
Population	379 → 520 (+37.2%)	604 → 367 (-39.2%)
Median household income	$46,053 → $40,222 (-12.7%)	$56,154 → $51,765 (-7.8%)
Median home value	—	$152,800 → $260,200 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $660 (+14.6%)	$1,379 → $1,110 (-19.5%)

Cantua Creek

Population

379520

Median household income

$46,053$40,222

Median gross rent

$576$660

Friant

Population

604367

Median household income

$56,154$51,765

Median home value

$152,800$260,200

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantua Creek	Friant
Under 5	7.9%	10.4%
5 to 17	36.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	22.1%	20.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	21.0%
55 to 64	4.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	4.0%	21.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantua Creek	Friant
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantua Creek	Friant
No high school diploma	45.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantua Creek	Friant
Drove alone	77.4%	92.7%
Carpooled	22.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantua Creek	Friant
1-unit, detached	64.8%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	58.9%

Poverty & households

	Cantua Creek	Friant
Poverty rate	56.9%	25.8%
Average household size	4.02	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1980	1989