Firebaugh vs Orange Cove

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

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

Orange Cove has the higher population (9,607 vs 8,301 in Firebaugh). Firebaugh has the higher median household income ($47,594 vs $38,447 in Orange Cove). Firebaugh has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $232,900 in Orange Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
Population	8,301	9,607
Median age	33.8 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,594	$38,447
Median home value	$235,100	$232,900
Median gross rent	$905	$996
Housing units	2,551	2,515
Homeownership rate	46.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
Population	8,300 → 8,301 (+0.0%)	10,274 → 9,607 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$35,616 → $47,594 (+33.6%)	$25,677 → $38,447 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $235,100 (+35.7%)	$152,300 → $232,900 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $905 (+39.9%)	$742 → $996 (+34.2%)

Firebaugh

Population

8,3008,301

Median household income

$35,616$47,594

Median home value

$173,300$235,100

Median gross rent

$647$905

Orange Cove

Population

10,2749,607

Median household income

$25,677$38,447

Median home value

$152,300$232,900

Median gross rent

$742$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
Under 5	7.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	26.6%	29.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	3.8%
75 and over	4.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	95.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
No high school diploma	57.3%	51.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
Drove alone	86.8%	63.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	30.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.3%
Other means	1.5%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
1-unit, detached	64.1%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	13.6%
20 or more units	14.7%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Firebaugh	Orange Cove
Poverty rate	31.9%	39.0%
Average household size	3.37	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1994	1989