Coalinga vs Sanger

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

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

Sanger has the higher population (26,515 vs 17,352 in Coalinga). Coalinga has the higher median household income ($78,014 vs $74,428 in Sanger). Sanger has the higher median home value ($346,000 vs $254,600 in Coalinga).

Population, income & housing

	Coalinga	Sanger
Population	17,352	26,515
Median age	36.6 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,014	$74,428
Median home value	$254,600	$346,000
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,131
Housing units	4,382	7,751
Homeownership rate	52.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalinga	Sanger
Population	16,906 → 17,352 (+2.6%)	25,074 → 26,515 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $78,014 (+24.8%)	$48,929 → $74,428 (+52.1%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $254,600 (+49.7%)	$218,900 → $346,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,021 (+16.0%)	$950 → $1,131 (+19.1%)

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

Sanger

Population

25,07426,515

Median household income

$48,929$74,428

Median home value

$218,900$346,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalinga	Sanger
Under 5	5.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalinga	Sanger
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	16.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.6%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	78.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalinga	Sanger
No high school diploma	31.3%	27.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalinga	Sanger
Drove alone	81.6%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalinga	Sanger
1-unit, detached	64.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Coalinga	Sanger
Poverty rate	22.2%	14.1%
Average household size	3.05	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1984	1982