Coalinga vs Parlier

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

Coalinga and Parlier 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 14,545 in Parlier). Coalinga has the higher median household income ($78,014 vs $50,910 in Parlier). Coalinga has the higher median home value ($254,600 vs $236,100 in Parlier).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Parlier
Population	17,352	14,545
Median age	36.6 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$50,910
Median home value	$254,600	$236,100
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,059
Housing units	4,382	3,847
Homeownership rate	52.7%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Parlier
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	15,312 → 14,545 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$34,905 → $50,910 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$161,600 → $236,100 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$857 → $1,059 (+23.6%)

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

Parlier

Population

15,31214,545

Median household income

$34,905$50,910

Median home value

$161,600$236,100

Median gross rent

$857$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalinga	Parlier
Under 5	5.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	26.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	4.8%
75 and over	5.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Parlier
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	1.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Parlier
No high school diploma	31.3%	48.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Parlier
Drove alone	81.6%	74.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Parlier
1-unit, detached	64.0%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Parlier
Poverty rate	22.2%	29.9%
Average household size	3.05	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1984	1989