Arvin vs California City

A side-by-side comparison of Arvin and California City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arvin has the higher population (19,478 vs 14,821 in California City). California City has the higher median household income ($55,271 vs $49,984 in Arvin). Arvin has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $239,600 in California City).

Population, income & housing

	Arvin	California City
Population	19,478	14,821
Median age	24.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,984	$55,271
Median home value	$247,800	$239,600
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,016
Housing units	4,627	5,377
Homeownership rate	54.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	18.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvin	California City
Population	21,249 → 19,478 (-8.3%)	13,826 → 14,821 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$38,464 → $49,984 (+30.0%)	$49,022 → $55,271 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $247,800 (+48.5%)	$124,500 → $239,600 (+92.4%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,089 (+18.9%)	$966 → $1,016 (+5.2%)

Arvin

Population

21,24919,478

Median household income

$38,464$49,984

Median home value

$166,900$247,800

Median gross rent

$916$1,089

California City

Population

13,82614,821

Median household income

$49,022$55,271

Median home value

$124,500$239,600

Median gross rent

$966$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvin	California City
Under 5	9.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	28.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	3.2%	8.4%
75 and over	2.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvin	California City
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	30.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	94.6%	39.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvin	California City
No high school diploma	54.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvin	California City
Drove alone	73.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	24.7%	13.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvin	California City
1-unit, detached	74.1%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Arvin	California City
Poverty rate	31.7%	24.3%
Average household size	4.37	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	47
Median year structure built	1991	1994