Home Garden vs Kettleman City

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

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

Home Garden has the higher population (1,903 vs 899 in Kettleman City). Home Garden has the higher median household income ($52,823 vs $48,920 in Kettleman City). Home Garden has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $136,600 in Kettleman City).

Population, income & housing

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
Population	1,903	899
Median age	27.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$48,920
Median home value	$162,900	$136,600
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,010
Housing units	469	369
Homeownership rate	61.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
Population	1,521 → 1,903 (+25.1%)	1,136 → 899 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$37,313 → $52,823 (+41.6%)	$56,223 → $48,920 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $162,900 (+42.8%)	$186,300 → $136,600 (-26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,154 (+15.2%)	$681 → $1,010 (+48.3%)

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

Kettleman City

Population

1,136899

Median household income

$56,223$48,920

Median home value

$186,300$136,600

Median gross rent

$681$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
Under 5	9.2%	12.7%
5 to 17	25.9%	6.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	19.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	22.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	6.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	4.9%
75 and over	2.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
No high school diploma	30.8%	44.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
Drove alone	81.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.1%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
1-unit, detached	80.0%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	23.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Home Garden	Kettleman City
Poverty rate	18.3%	26.8%
Average household size	4.16	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1972	1980