Parlier vs Reedley

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

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

Reedley has the higher population (25,446 vs 14,545 in Parlier). Reedley has the higher median household income ($62,923 vs $50,910 in Parlier). Reedley has the higher median home value ($311,700 vs $236,100 in Parlier).

Population, income & housing

	Parlier	Reedley
Population	14,545	25,446
Median age	27.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,910	$62,923
Median home value	$236,100	$311,700
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,198
Housing units	3,847	7,465
Homeownership rate	44.0%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parlier	Reedley
Population	15,312 → 14,545 (-5.0%)	25,591 → 25,446 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$34,905 → $50,910 (+45.9%)	$46,490 → $62,923 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $236,100 (+46.1%)	$207,500 → $311,700 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,059 (+23.6%)	$960 → $1,198 (+24.8%)

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

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)

	Parlier	Reedley
Under 5	8.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.8%
75 and over	3.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parlier	Reedley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	13.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	80.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parlier	Reedley
No high school diploma	48.3%	32.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parlier	Reedley
Drove alone	74.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	23.9%	16.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parlier	Reedley
1-unit, detached	60.2%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	9.8%
20 or more units	10.1%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Parlier	Reedley
Poverty rate	29.9%	19.7%
Average household size	4.05	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1989	1983