Firebaugh vs Mendota

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

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

Mendota has the higher population (12,554 vs 8,301 in Firebaugh). Firebaugh has the higher median household income ($47,594 vs $46,458 in Mendota). Mendota has the higher median home value ($250,400 vs $235,100 in Firebaugh).

Population, income & housing

	Firebaugh	Mendota
Population	8,301	12,554
Median age	33.8 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,594	$46,458
Median home value	$235,100	$250,400
Median gross rent	$905	$874
Housing units	2,551	3,224
Homeownership rate	46.4%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firebaugh	Mendota
Population	8,300 → 8,301 (+0.0%)	11,531 → 12,554 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$35,616 → $47,594 (+33.6%)	$31,237 → $46,458 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $235,100 (+35.7%)	$158,700 → $250,400 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $905 (+39.9%)	$784 → $874 (+11.5%)

Firebaugh

Population

8,3008,301

Median household income

$35,616$47,594

Median home value

$173,300$235,100

Median gross rent

$647$905

Mendota

Population

11,53112,554

Median household income

$31,237$46,458

Median home value

$158,700$250,400

Median gross rent

$784$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firebaugh	Mendota
Under 5	7.3%	9.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	28.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	12.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	6.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.1%
75 and over	4.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firebaugh	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	99.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firebaugh	Mendota
No high school diploma	57.3%	60.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firebaugh	Mendota
Drove alone	86.8%	54.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	34.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.8%
Other means	1.5%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firebaugh	Mendota
1-unit, detached	64.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	14.8%
20 or more units	14.7%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Firebaugh	Mendota
Poverty rate	31.9%	30.3%
Average household size	3.37	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1994	1998