Avenal vs Corcoran

A side-by-side comparison of Avenal and Corcoran: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corcoran has the higher population (22,626 vs 13,441 in Avenal). Corcoran has the higher median household income ($55,909 vs $52,986 in Avenal). Avenal has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $220,500 in Corcoran).

Population, income & housing

	Avenal	Corcoran
Population	13,441	22,626
Median age	32.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,986	$55,909
Median home value	$224,800	$220,500
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,012
Housing units	3,085	4,685
Homeownership rate	44.8%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenal	Corcoran
Population	12,961 → 13,441 (+3.7%)	22,156 → 22,626 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$41,114 → $52,986 (+28.9%)	$40,159 → $55,909 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $224,800 (+47.4%)	$149,300 → $220,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,060 (+23.8%)	$845 → $1,012 (+19.8%)

Avenal

Population

12,96113,441

Median household income

$41,114$52,986

Median home value

$152,500$224,800

Median gross rent

$856$1,060

Corcoran

Population

22,15622,626

Median household income

$40,159$55,909

Median home value

$149,300$220,500

Median gross rent

$845$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenal	Corcoran
Under 5	7.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	3.6%	6.6%
75 and over	1.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenal	Corcoran
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	12.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	74.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenal	Corcoran
No high school diploma	48.8%	40.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenal	Corcoran
Drove alone	74.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	17.4%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.7%
Other means	4.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenal	Corcoran
1-unit, detached	64.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Avenal	Corcoran
Poverty rate	22.1%	23.8%
Average household size	3.50	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1984	1982