Avenal vs Lemoore

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

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

Lemoore has the higher population (27,023 vs 13,441 in Avenal). Lemoore has the higher median household income ($82,189 vs $52,986 in Avenal). Lemoore has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $224,800 in Avenal).

Population, income & housing

	Avenal	Lemoore
Population	13,441	27,023
Median age	32.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,986	$82,189
Median home value	$224,800	$319,200
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,394
Housing units	3,085	9,535
Homeownership rate	44.8%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenal	Lemoore
Population	12,961 → 13,441 (+3.7%)	26,107 → 27,023 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$41,114 → $52,986 (+28.9%)	$63,605 → $82,189 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $224,800 (+47.4%)	$229,100 → $319,200 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,060 (+23.8%)	$999 → $1,394 (+39.5%)

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

Lemoore

Population

26,10727,023

Median household income

$63,605$82,189

Median home value

$229,100$319,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,394

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenal	Lemoore
Under 5	7.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	19.4%	20.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	3.6%	6.7%
75 and over	1.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenal	Lemoore
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	35.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	47.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenal	Lemoore
No high school diploma	48.8%	16.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenal	Lemoore
Drove alone	74.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	17.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.1%
Other means	4.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenal	Lemoore
1-unit, detached	64.6%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Avenal	Lemoore
Poverty rate	22.1%	14.9%
Average household size	3.50	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1984	1991