Arvin vs Shafter

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

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

Shafter has the higher population (20,618 vs 19,478 in Arvin). Shafter has the higher median household income ($67,989 vs $49,984 in Arvin). Shafter has the higher median home value ($306,800 vs $247,800 in Arvin).

Population, income & housing

	Arvin	Shafter
Population	19,478	20,618
Median age	24.9 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,984	$67,989
Median home value	$247,800	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,140
Housing units	4,627	5,684
Homeownership rate	54.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvin	Shafter
Population	21,249 → 19,478 (-8.3%)	19,447 → 20,618 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$38,464 → $49,984 (+30.0%)	$45,854 → $67,989 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $247,800 (+48.5%)	$175,300 → $306,800 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,089 (+18.9%)	$868 → $1,140 (+31.3%)

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

Shafter

Population

19,44720,618

Median household income

$45,854$67,989

Median home value

$175,300$306,800

Median gross rent

$868$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvin	Shafter
Under 5	9.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	28.2%	27.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	6.8%	6.5%
65 to 74	3.2%	4.3%
75 and over	2.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvin	Shafter
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	16.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	94.6%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvin	Shafter
No high school diploma	54.7%	27.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvin	Shafter
Drove alone	73.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	24.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvin	Shafter
1-unit, detached	74.1%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Arvin	Shafter
Poverty rate	31.7%	21.3%
Average household size	4.37	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1991	1995