Fresno vs Sanger

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

Fresno and Sanger 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 26,515 in Sanger). Sanger has the higher median household income ($74,428 vs $66,804 in Fresno). Fresno has the higher median home value ($348,500 vs $346,000 in Sanger).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno	Sanger
Population	543,615	26,515
Median age	32.4 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,804	$74,428
Median home value	$348,500	$346,000
Median gross rent	$1,324	$1,131
Housing units	188,013	7,751
Homeownership rate	49.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno	Sanger
Population	525,010 → 543,615 (+3.5%)	25,074 → 26,515 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$50,432 → $66,804 (+32.5%)	$48,929 → $74,428 (+52.1%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $348,500 (+44.0%)	$218,900 → $346,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,324 (+31.7%)	$950 → $1,131 (+19.1%)

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

Sanger

Population

25,07426,515

Median household income

$48,929$74,428

Median home value

$218,900$346,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fresno	Sanger
Under 5	7.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.5%
75 and over	4.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno	Sanger
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	16.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	13.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	78.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno	Sanger
No high school diploma	19.9%	27.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno	Sanger
Drove alone	73.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno	Sanger
1-unit, detached	61.4%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	9.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fresno	Sanger
Poverty rate	20.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.97	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1979	1982