Fresno vs Reedley

A side-by-side comparison of Fresno and Reedley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fresno has the higher population (543,615 vs 25,446 in Reedley). Fresno has the higher median household income ($66,804 vs $62,923 in Reedley). Fresno has the higher median home value ($348,500 vs $311,700 in Reedley).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno	Reedley
Population	543,615	25,446
Median age	32.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,804	$62,923
Median home value	$348,500	$311,700
Median gross rent	$1,324	$1,198
Housing units	188,013	7,465
Homeownership rate	49.7%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno	Reedley
Population	525,010 → 543,615 (+3.5%)	25,591 → 25,446 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$50,432 → $66,804 (+32.5%)	$46,490 → $62,923 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $348,500 (+44.0%)	$207,500 → $311,700 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,324 (+31.7%)	$960 → $1,198 (+24.8%)

Fresno

Population

525,010543,615

Median household income

$50,432$66,804

Median home value

$242,000$348,500

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,324

Reedley

Population

25,59125,446

Median household income

$46,490$62,923

Median home value

$207,500$311,700

Median gross rent

$960$1,198

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fresno	Reedley
Under 5	7.4%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.8%
75 and over	4.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno	Reedley
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	13.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	13.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	80.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno	Reedley
No high school diploma	19.9%	32.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno	Reedley
Drove alone	73.7%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	16.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno	Reedley
1-unit, detached	61.4%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fresno	Reedley
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.7%
Average household size	2.97	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1979	1983