Coalinga vs Reedley

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

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

Reedley has the higher population (25,446 vs 17,352 in Coalinga). Coalinga has the higher median household income ($78,014 vs $62,923 in Reedley). Reedley has the higher median home value ($311,700 vs $254,600 in Coalinga).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Reedley
Population	17,352	25,446
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$62,923
Median home value	$254,600	$311,700
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,198
Housing units	4,382	7,465
Homeownership rate	52.7%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Reedley
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	25,591 → 25,446 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$46,490 → $62,923 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$207,500 → $311,700 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$960 → $1,198 (+24.8%)

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

Reedley

Population

25,59125,446

Median household income

$46,490$62,923

Median home value

$207,500$311,700

Median gross rent

$960$1,198

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalinga	Reedley
Under 5	5.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.8%
75 and over	5.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Reedley
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	13.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	80.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Reedley
No high school diploma	31.3%	32.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Reedley
Drove alone	81.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Reedley
1-unit, detached	64.0%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Reedley
Poverty rate	22.2%	19.7%
Average household size	3.05	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1984	1983