East Niles vs Shafter

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

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

East Niles has the higher population (28,586 vs 20,618 in Shafter). Shafter has the higher median household income ($67,989 vs $51,250 in East Niles). Shafter has the higher median home value ($306,800 vs $228,100 in East Niles).

Population, income & housing

	East Niles	Shafter
Population	28,586	20,618
Median age	30.3 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$67,989
Median home value	$228,100	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,140
Housing units	8,410	5,684
Homeownership rate	59.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Niles	Shafter
Population	29,885 → 28,586 (-4.3%)	19,447 → 20,618 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$41,162 → $51,250 (+24.5%)	$45,854 → $67,989 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $228,100 (+46.6%)	$175,300 → $306,800 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,219 (+21.5%)	$868 → $1,140 (+31.3%)

East Niles

Population

29,88528,586

Median household income

$41,162$51,250

Median home value

$155,600$228,100

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,219

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)

	East Niles	Shafter
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	25.3%	27.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	6.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	4.3%
75 and over	4.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Niles	Shafter
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	16.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	82.1%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Niles	Shafter
No high school diploma	37.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Niles	Shafter
Drove alone	84.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Niles	Shafter
1-unit, detached	70.7%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	East Niles	Shafter
Poverty rate	29.4%	21.3%
Average household size	3.57	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1974	1995