Chowchilla vs Madera Acres

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

Chowchilla and Madera Acres 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 9,758 in Madera Acres). Madera Acres has the higher median household income ($76,033 vs $63,308 in Chowchilla). Chowchilla has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $319,700 in Madera Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
Population	18,876	9,758
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,308	$76,033
Median home value	$331,500	$319,700
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,605
Housing units	4,284	2,635
Homeownership rate	59.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
Population	18,413 → 18,876 (+2.5%)	9,857 → 9,758 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$53,563 → $63,308 (+18.2%)	$88,482 → $76,033 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $331,500 (+53.2%)	$234,500 → $319,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,204 (+34.5%)	$1,286 → $1,605 (+24.8%)

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 Acres

Population

9,8579,758

Median household income

$88,482$76,033

Median home value

$234,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
Under 5	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.7%
75 and over	3.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	19.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	73.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
No high school diploma	23.0%	30.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
Drove alone	71.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
1-unit, detached	83.1%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Chowchilla	Madera Acres
Poverty rate	22.2%	15.3%
Average household size	3.35	3.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1983	1986