Coalinga vs Kingsburg

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

Coalinga and Kingsburg 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 12,589 in Kingsburg). Kingsburg has the higher median household income ($82,562 vs $78,014 in Coalinga). Kingsburg has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $254,600 in Coalinga).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
Population	17,352	12,589
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$82,562
Median home value	$254,600	$356,900
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,117
Housing units	4,382	4,702
Homeownership rate	52.7%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	11,955 → 12,589 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$68,738 → $82,562 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$276,800 → $356,900 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$1,046 → $1,117 (+6.8%)

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

Kingsburg

Population

11,95512,589

Median household income

$68,738$82,562

Median home value

$276,800$356,900

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	11.9%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	47.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	43.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
No high school diploma	31.3%	14.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
Drove alone	81.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
1-unit, detached	64.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Kingsburg
Poverty rate	22.2%	8.4%
Average household size	3.05	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1984	1988