Coalinga vs Mendota

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

Coalinga and Mendota 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 12,554 in Mendota). Coalinga has the higher median household income ($78,014 vs $46,458 in Mendota). Coalinga has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $250,400 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Mendota
Population	17,352	12,554
Median age	36.6 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$46,458
Median home value	$254,600	$250,400
Median gross rent	$1,021	$874
Housing units	4,382	3,224
Homeownership rate	52.7%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Mendota
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	11,531 → 12,554 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$31,237 → $46,458 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$158,700 → $250,400 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$784 → $874 (+11.5%)

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

Mendota

Population

11,53112,554

Median household income

$31,237$46,458

Median home value

$158,700$250,400

Median gross rent

$784$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalinga	Mendota
Under 5	5.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	28.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	6.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.1%
75 and over	5.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	0.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	99.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Mendota
No high school diploma	31.3%	60.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Mendota
Drove alone	81.6%	54.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	34.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Mendota
1-unit, detached	64.0%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	14.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Mendota
Poverty rate	22.2%	30.3%
Average household size	3.05	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1984	1998