Firebaugh vs Kingsburg

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

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

Kingsburg has the higher population (12,589 vs 8,301 in Firebaugh). Kingsburg has the higher median household income ($82,562 vs $47,594 in Firebaugh). Kingsburg has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $235,100 in Firebaugh).

Population, income & housing

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
Population	8,301	12,589
Median age	33.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,594	$82,562
Median home value	$235,100	$356,900
Median gross rent	$905	$1,117
Housing units	2,551	4,702
Homeownership rate	46.4%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
Population	8,300 → 8,301 (+0.0%)	11,955 → 12,589 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$35,616 → $47,594 (+33.6%)	$68,738 → $82,562 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $235,100 (+35.7%)	$276,800 → $356,900 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $905 (+39.9%)	$1,046 → $1,117 (+6.8%)

Firebaugh

Population

8,3008,301

Median household income

$35,616$47,594

Median home value

$173,300$235,100

Median gross rent

$647$905

Kingsburg

Population

11,95512,589

Median household income

$68,738$82,562

Median home value

$276,800$356,900

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
Under 5	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.9%
75 and over	4.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	47.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	43.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
No high school diploma	57.3%	14.9%
High school graduate	23.5%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
Drove alone	86.8%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
1-unit, detached	64.1%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	14.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Firebaugh	Kingsburg
Poverty rate	31.9%	8.4%
Average household size	3.37	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1994	1988