Firebaugh vs Fowler

A side-by-side comparison of Firebaugh and Fowler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Firebaugh has the higher population (8,301 vs 6,930 in Fowler). Fowler has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $47,594 in Firebaugh). Fowler has the higher median home value ($352,100 vs $235,100 in Firebaugh).

Population, income & housing

	Firebaugh	Fowler
Population	8,301	6,930
Median age	33.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,594	$61,071
Median home value	$235,100	$352,100
Median gross rent	$905	$1,172
Housing units	2,551	2,382
Homeownership rate	46.4%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firebaugh	Fowler
Population	8,300 → 8,301 (+0.0%)	6,527 → 6,930 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$35,616 → $47,594 (+33.6%)	$57,676 → $61,071 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $235,100 (+35.7%)	$253,300 → $352,100 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $905 (+39.9%)	$1,010 → $1,172 (+16.0%)

Firebaugh

Population

8,3008,301

Median household income

$35,616$47,594

Median home value

$173,300$235,100

Median gross rent

$647$905

Fowler

Population

6,5276,930

Median household income

$57,676$61,071

Median home value

$253,300$352,100

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firebaugh	Fowler
Under 5	7.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.4%
75 and over	4.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firebaugh	Fowler
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	16.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	71.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firebaugh	Fowler
No high school diploma	57.3%	23.9%
High school graduate	23.5%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firebaugh	Fowler
Drove alone	86.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.2%
Other means	1.5%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firebaugh	Fowler
1-unit, detached	64.1%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	10.5%
20 or more units	14.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Firebaugh	Fowler
Poverty rate	31.9%	23.4%
Average household size	3.37	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1994	1987