Avenal vs Hanford

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

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

Hanford has the higher population (59,389 vs 13,441 in Avenal). Hanford has the higher median household income ($73,544 vs $52,986 in Avenal). Hanford has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $224,800 in Avenal).

Population, income & housing

	Avenal	Hanford
Population	13,441	59,389
Median age	32.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,986	$73,544
Median home value	$224,800	$323,600
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,196
Housing units	3,085	19,912
Homeownership rate	44.8%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenal	Hanford
Population	12,961 → 13,441 (+3.7%)	56,475 → 59,389 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$41,114 → $52,986 (+28.9%)	$62,413 → $73,544 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $224,800 (+47.4%)	$221,300 → $323,600 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,060 (+23.8%)	$992 → $1,196 (+20.6%)

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

Hanford

Population

56,47559,389

Median household income

$62,413$73,544

Median home value

$221,300$323,600

Median gross rent

$992$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenal	Hanford
Under 5	7.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	3.6%	7.4%
75 and over	1.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenal	Hanford
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	35.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenal	Hanford
No high school diploma	48.8%	19.1%
High school graduate	25.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenal	Hanford
Drove alone	74.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	17.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.8%	6.2%
Other means	4.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenal	Hanford
1-unit, detached	64.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Avenal	Hanford
Poverty rate	22.1%	14.9%
Average household size	3.50	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1984	1986