Firebaugh vs Old Fig Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Firebaugh and Old Fig Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

Firebaugh and Old Fig Garden 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 5,387 in Old Fig Garden). Old Fig Garden has the higher median household income ($100,833 vs $47,594 in Firebaugh). Old Fig Garden has the higher median home value ($460,800 vs $235,100 in Firebaugh).

Population, income & housing

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
Population	8,301	5,387
Median age	33.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,594	$100,833
Median home value	$235,100	$460,800
Median gross rent	$905	$1,284
Housing units	2,551	2,073
Homeownership rate	46.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
Population	8,300 → 8,301 (+0.0%)	5,850 → 5,387 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$35,616 → $47,594 (+33.6%)	$83,712 → $100,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $235,100 (+35.7%)	$352,800 → $460,800 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $905 (+39.9%)	$1,072 → $1,284 (+19.8%)

Firebaugh

Population

8,3008,301

Median household income

$35,616$47,594

Median home value

$173,300$235,100

Median gross rent

$647$905

Old Fig Garden

Population

5,8505,387

Median household income

$83,712$100,833

Median home value

$352,800$460,800

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
Under 5	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.5%
75 and over	4.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	41.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
No high school diploma	57.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
Drove alone	86.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	2.8%	21.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
1-unit, detached	64.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	14.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Firebaugh	Old Fig Garden
Poverty rate	31.9%	10.6%
Average household size	3.37	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1994	1956