Kingsburg vs Parlier

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

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

Parlier has the higher population (14,545 vs 12,589 in Kingsburg). Kingsburg has the higher median household income ($82,562 vs $50,910 in Parlier). Kingsburg has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $236,100 in Parlier).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsburg	Parlier
Population	12,589	14,545
Median age	41.2 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,562	$50,910
Median home value	$356,900	$236,100
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,059
Housing units	4,702	3,847
Homeownership rate	73.5%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsburg	Parlier
Population	11,955 → 12,589 (+5.3%)	15,312 → 14,545 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$68,738 → $82,562 (+20.1%)	$34,905 → $50,910 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$276,800 → $356,900 (+28.9%)	$161,600 → $236,100 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,117 (+6.8%)	$857 → $1,059 (+23.6%)

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

Parlier

Population

15,31214,545

Median household income

$34,905$50,910

Median home value

$161,600$236,100

Median gross rent

$857$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsburg	Parlier
Under 5	5.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	26.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	4.8%
75 and over	8.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsburg	Parlier
White (non-Hispanic)	47.3%	1.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.2%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsburg	Parlier
No high school diploma	14.9%	48.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsburg	Parlier
Drove alone	86.1%	74.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsburg	Parlier
1-unit, detached	74.5%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	10.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Kingsburg	Parlier
Poverty rate	8.4%	29.9%
Average household size	2.81	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1988	1989