Kettleman City vs Lemoore Station

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

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

Lemoore Station has the higher population (5,847 vs 899 in Kettleman City). Lemoore Station has the higher median household income ($65,781 vs $48,920 in Kettleman City). Since 2019, Lemoore Station's population has grown faster (-14.7% vs -20.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
Population	899	5,847
Median age	41.7 yrs	24.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,920	$65,781
Median home value	$136,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,010	$1,755
Housing units	369	1,675
Homeownership rate	20.3%	0.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
Population	1,136 → 899 (-20.9%)	6,858 → 5,847 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$56,223 → $48,920 (-13.0%)	$52,450 → $65,781 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $136,600 (-26.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,010 (+48.3%)	$1,442 → $1,755 (+21.7%)

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

Lemoore Station

Population

6,8585,847

Median household income

$52,450$65,781

Median gross rent

$1,442$1,755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
Under 5	12.7%	12.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	29.7%
25 to 34	19.2%	24.0%
35 to 44	22.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	1.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	0.0%
75 and over	3.0%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	46.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
No high school diploma	44.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
Drove alone	82.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
1-unit, detached	53.9%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	75.3%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kettleman City	Lemoore Station
Poverty rate	26.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.44	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1980	1999