Avenal vs Home Garden

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

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

Avenal has the higher population (13,441 vs 1,903 in Home Garden). Avenal has the higher median household income ($52,986 vs $52,823 in Home Garden). Avenal has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $162,900 in Home Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Avenal	Home Garden
Population	13,441	1,903
Median age	32.3 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,986	$52,823
Median home value	$224,800	$162,900
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,154
Housing units	3,085	469
Homeownership rate	44.8%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenal	Home Garden
Population	12,961 → 13,441 (+3.7%)	1,521 → 1,903 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$41,114 → $52,986 (+28.9%)	$37,313 → $52,823 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $224,800 (+47.4%)	$114,100 → $162,900 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,060 (+23.8%)	$1,002 → $1,154 (+15.2%)

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

Home Garden

Population

1,5211,903

Median household income

$37,313$52,823

Median home value

$114,100$162,900

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenal	Home Garden
Under 5	7.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	25.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	3.6%	6.5%
75 and over	1.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenal	Home Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	6.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	74.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenal	Home Garden
No high school diploma	48.8%	30.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenal	Home Garden
Drove alone	74.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	17.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.3%
Other means	4.5%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenal	Home Garden
1-unit, detached	64.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Avenal	Home Garden
Poverty rate	22.1%	18.3%
Average household size	3.50	4.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1984	1972