Chowchilla vs Coarsegold

A side-by-side comparison of Chowchilla and Coarsegold: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chowchilla has the higher population (18,876 vs 4,301 in Coarsegold). Coarsegold has the higher median household income ($82,574 vs $63,308 in Chowchilla). Chowchilla has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $315,000 in Coarsegold).

Population, income & housing

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
Population	18,876	4,301
Median age	34.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,308	$82,574
Median home value	$331,500	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,420
Housing units	4,284	1,951
Homeownership rate	59.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
Population	18,413 → 18,876 (+2.5%)	1,585 → 4,301 (+171.4%)
Median household income	$53,563 → $63,308 (+18.2%)	$62,992 → $82,574 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $331,500 (+53.2%)	$250,000 → $315,000 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,204 (+34.5%)	$774 → $1,420 (+83.5%)

Chowchilla

Population

18,41318,876

Median household income

$53,563$63,308

Median home value

$216,400$331,500

Median gross rent

$895$1,204

Coarsegold

Population

1,5854,301

Median household income

$62,992$82,574

Median home value

$250,000$315,000

Median gross rent

$774$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
Under 5	6.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	19.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.3%
75 and over	3.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	80.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.3%
Asian	5.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
No high school diploma	23.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	24.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
Drove alone	71.8%	68.0%
Carpooled	17.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.9%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
1-unit, detached	83.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Chowchilla	Coarsegold
Poverty rate	22.2%	11.9%
Average household size	3.35	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	45
Median year structure built	1983	1993