Avenal vs Stratford

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

Avenal and Stratford 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 1,030 in Stratford). Stratford has the higher median household income ($61,090 vs $52,986 in Avenal). Since 2019, Stratford's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs +3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Avenal	Stratford
Population	13,441	1,030
Median age	32.3 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,986	$61,090
Median home value	$224,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,060	$978
Housing units	3,085	266
Homeownership rate	44.8%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenal	Stratford
Population	12,961 → 13,441 (+3.7%)	901 → 1,030 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$41,114 → $52,986 (+28.9%)	$50,962 → $61,090 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $224,800 (+47.4%)	$103,400 → $137,000 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,060 (+23.8%)	$1,162 → $978 (-15.8%)

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

Stratford

Population

9011,030

Median household income

$50,962$61,090

Median home value

$103,400$137,000

Median gross rent

$1,162$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenal	Stratford
Under 5	7.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.3%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	19.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	3.6%	3.0%
75 and over	1.5%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenal	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	12.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	85.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenal	Stratford
No high school diploma	48.8%	47.1%
High school graduate	25.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenal	Stratford
Drove alone	74.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	17.4%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.6%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenal	Stratford
1-unit, detached	64.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Avenal	Stratford
Poverty rate	22.1%	25.8%
Average household size	3.50	4.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1984	1974