Clovis vs Fresno

A side-by-side comparison of Clovis and Fresno: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fresno has the higher population (543,615 vs 122,719 in Clovis). Clovis has the higher median household income ($100,360 vs $66,804 in Fresno). Clovis has the higher median home value ($453,300 vs $348,500 in Fresno).

Population, income & housing

	Clovis	Fresno
Population	122,719	543,615
Median age	35.3 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,360	$66,804
Median home value	$453,300	$348,500
Median gross rent	$1,662	$1,324
Housing units	42,437	188,013
Homeownership rate	66.2%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clovis	Fresno
Population	109,160 → 122,719 (+12.4%)	525,010 → 543,615 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$77,904 → $100,360 (+28.8%)	$50,432 → $66,804 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$324,600 → $453,300 (+39.6%)	$242,000 → $348,500 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,662 (+37.4%)	$1,005 → $1,324 (+31.7%)

Clovis

Population

109,160122,719

Median household income

$77,904$100,360

Median home value

$324,600$453,300

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,662

Fresno

Population

525,010543,615

Median household income

$50,432$66,804

Median home value

$242,000$348,500

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clovis	Fresno
Under 5	6.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.3%
75 and over	5.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clovis	Fresno
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	24.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	13.4%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	50.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clovis	Fresno
No high school diploma	7.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	19.9%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clovis	Fresno
Drove alone	77.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clovis	Fresno
1-unit, detached	75.7%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	6.4%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Clovis	Fresno
Poverty rate	7.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.97	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1995	1979