Chowchilla vs Oakhurst

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

Chowchilla and Oakhurst 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 4,956 in Oakhurst). Oakhurst has the higher median household income ($76,606 vs $63,308 in Chowchilla). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($372,500 vs $331,500 in Chowchilla).

Population, income & housing

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
Population	18,876	4,956
Median age	34.6 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,308	$76,606
Median home value	$331,500	$372,500
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,300
Housing units	4,284	2,965
Homeownership rate	59.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
Population	18,413 → 18,876 (+2.5%)	3,446 → 4,956 (+43.8%)
Median household income	$53,563 → $63,308 (+18.2%)	$44,310 → $76,606 (+72.9%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $331,500 (+53.2%)	$247,600 → $372,500 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,204 (+34.5%)	$1,144 → $1,300 (+13.6%)

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

Oakhurst

Population

3,4464,956

Median household income

$44,310$76,606

Median home value

$247,600$372,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
Under 5	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	17.7%
75 and over	3.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
No high school diploma	23.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
Drove alone	71.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	17.3%	1.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	18.0%
Other means	1.9%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
1-unit, detached	83.1%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Chowchilla	Oakhurst
Poverty rate	22.2%	13.0%
Average household size	3.35	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1983	1980