Ford City vs Greenfield

A side-by-side comparison of Ford City and Greenfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenfield has the higher population (4,399 vs 4,310 in Ford City). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($71,930 vs $45,976 in Ford City). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($285,500 vs $197,500 in Ford City).

Population, income & housing

	Ford City	Greenfield
Population	4,310	4,399
Median age	26.6 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,976	$71,930
Median home value	$197,500	$285,500
Median gross rent	$993	$1,570
Housing units	1,415	1,097
Homeownership rate	37.8%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	18.5%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford City	Greenfield
Population	4,753 → 4,310 (-9.3%)	3,899 → 4,399 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$35,838 → $45,976 (+28.3%)	$44,375 → $71,930 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $197,500 (+37.0%)	$185,000 → $285,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $993 (+20.4%)	$1,192 → $1,570 (+31.7%)

Ford City

Population

4,7534,310

Median household income

$35,838$45,976

Median home value

$144,200$197,500

Median gross rent

$825$993

Greenfield

Population

3,8994,399

Median household income

$44,375$71,930

Median home value

$185,000$285,500

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford City	Greenfield
Under 5	10.9%	14.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	23.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	5.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.9%
75 and over	1.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford City	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	11.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	79.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford City	Greenfield
No high school diploma	38.8%	22.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford City	Greenfield
Drove alone	76.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	21.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	1.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford City	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	76.3%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Ford City	Greenfield
Poverty rate	39.2%	16.1%
Average household size	3.44	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1968	1984