Fowler vs Sunnyside

A side-by-side comparison of Fowler and Sunnyside: population, income, housing, and more.

Fowler and Sunnyside 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 5,003 in Sunnyside). Sunnyside has the higher median household income ($114,500 vs $61,071 in Fowler). Sunnyside has the higher median home value ($489,300 vs $352,100 in Fowler).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Sunnyside
Population	6,930	5,003
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$114,500
Median home value	$352,100	$489,300
Median gross rent	$1,172	$1,530
Housing units	2,382	1,602
Homeownership rate	55.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Sunnyside
Population	6,527 → 6,930 (+6.2%)	4,464 → 5,003 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$57,676 → $61,071 (+5.9%)	$77,527 → $114,500 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$253,300 → $352,100 (+39.0%)	$295,000 → $489,300 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,172 (+16.0%)	$943 → $1,530 (+62.2%)

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

Sunnyside

Population

4,4645,003

Median household income

$77,527$114,500

Median home value

$295,000$489,300

Median gross rent

$943$1,530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fowler	Sunnyside
Under 5	8.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.3%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Sunnyside
White (non-Hispanic)	16.3%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	54.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Sunnyside
No high school diploma	23.9%	15.2%
High school graduate	20.3%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Sunnyside
Drove alone	73.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	18.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.3%
Other means	3.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Sunnyside
1-unit, detached	73.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Sunnyside
Poverty rate	23.4%	8.5%
Average household size	3.02	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1987	1966