Kingsburg vs Mendota

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsburg and Mendota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kingsburg has the higher population (12,589 vs 12,554 in Mendota). Kingsburg has the higher median household income ($82,562 vs $46,458 in Mendota). Kingsburg has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $250,400 in Mendota).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsburg	Mendota
Population	12,589	12,554
Median age	41.2 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,562	$46,458
Median home value	$356,900	$250,400
Median gross rent	$1,117	$874
Housing units	4,702	3,224
Homeownership rate	73.5%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsburg	Mendota
Population	11,955 → 12,589 (+5.3%)	11,531 → 12,554 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$68,738 → $82,562 (+20.1%)	$31,237 → $46,458 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$276,800 → $356,900 (+28.9%)	$158,700 → $250,400 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,117 (+6.8%)	$784 → $874 (+11.5%)

Kingsburg

Population

11,95512,589

Median household income

$68,738$82,562

Median home value

$276,800$356,900

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,117

Mendota

Population

11,53112,554

Median household income

$31,237$46,458

Median home value

$158,700$250,400

Median gross rent

$784$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsburg	Mendota
Under 5	5.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	28.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	6.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	5.1%
75 and over	8.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsburg	Mendota
White (non-Hispanic)	47.3%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.2%	99.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsburg	Mendota
No high school diploma	14.9%	60.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsburg	Mendota
Drove alone	86.1%	54.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	34.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsburg	Mendota
1-unit, detached	74.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	14.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Kingsburg	Mendota
Poverty rate	8.4%	30.3%
Average household size	2.81	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1988	1998