Chowchilla vs Madera

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

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

Madera has the higher population (67,133 vs 18,876 in Chowchilla). Madera has the higher median household income ($63,619 vs $63,308 in Chowchilla). Madera has the higher median home value ($335,900 vs $331,500 in Chowchilla).

Population, income & housing

	Chowchilla	Madera
Population	18,876	67,133
Median age	34.6 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,308	$63,619
Median home value	$331,500	$335,900
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,237
Housing units	4,284	18,543
Homeownership rate	59.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chowchilla	Madera
Population	18,413 → 18,876 (+2.5%)	64,833 → 67,133 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$53,563 → $63,308 (+18.2%)	$45,163 → $63,619 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $331,500 (+53.2%)	$224,100 → $335,900 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,204 (+34.5%)	$1,022 → $1,237 (+21.0%)

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

Madera

Population

64,83367,133

Median household income

$45,163$63,619

Median home value

$224,100$335,900

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,237

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera
Under 5	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.3%
75 and over	3.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	12.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	5.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chowchilla	Madera
No high school diploma	23.0%	37.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera
Drove alone	71.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	17.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.5%
Other means	1.9%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera
1-unit, detached	83.1%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Chowchilla	Madera
Poverty rate	22.2%	26.0%
Average household size	3.35	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1983	1991