Fowler vs Old Fig Garden

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

Fowler 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.

Fowler has the higher population (6,930 vs 5,387 in Old Fig Garden). Old Fig Garden has the higher median household income ($100,833 vs $61,071 in Fowler). Old Fig Garden has the higher median home value ($460,800 vs $352,100 in Fowler).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
Population	6,930	5,387
Median age	35.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$100,833
Median home value	$352,100	$460,800
Median gross rent	$1,172	$1,284
Housing units	2,382	2,073
Homeownership rate	55.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
Population	6,527 → 6,930 (+6.2%)	5,850 → 5,387 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$57,676 → $61,071 (+5.9%)	$83,712 → $100,833 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$253,300 → $352,100 (+39.0%)	$352,800 → $460,800 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,172 (+16.0%)	$1,072 → $1,284 (+19.8%)

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

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)

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
Under 5	8.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.5%
75 and over	6.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	16.3%	41.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	11.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
No high school diploma	23.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	20.3%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
Drove alone	73.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	18.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.2%	21.6%
Other means	3.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
1-unit, detached	73.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Old Fig Garden
Poverty rate	23.4%	10.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1987	1956