Coalinga vs Kerman

A side-by-side comparison of Coalinga and Kerman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coalinga has the higher population (17,352 vs 16,492 in Kerman). Coalinga has the higher median household income ($78,014 vs $57,556 in Kerman). Kerman has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $254,600 in Coalinga).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Kerman
Population	17,352	16,492
Median age	36.6 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$57,556
Median home value	$254,600	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,181
Housing units	4,382	4,921
Homeownership rate	52.7%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Kerman
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	14,816 → 16,492 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$46,449 → $57,556 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$224,500 → $331,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$900 → $1,181 (+31.2%)

Coalinga

Population

16,90617,352

Median household income

$62,522$78,014

Median home value

$170,100$254,600

Median gross rent

$880$1,021

Kerman

Population

14,81616,492

Median household income

$46,449$57,556

Median home value

$224,500$331,500

Median gross rent

$900$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalinga	Kerman
Under 5	5.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	24.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.0%
75 and over	5.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Kerman
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	10.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	81.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Kerman
No high school diploma	31.3%	39.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Kerman
Drove alone	81.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Kerman
1-unit, detached	64.0%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Kerman
Poverty rate	22.2%	25.3%
Average household size	3.05	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1984	1993