Chowchilla vs Yosemite Lakes

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

Chowchilla and Yosemite Lakes 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 5,095 in Yosemite Lakes). Yosemite Lakes has the higher median household income ($100,227 vs $63,308 in Chowchilla). Yosemite Lakes has the higher median home value ($353,700 vs $331,500 in Chowchilla).

Population, income & housing

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
Population	18,876	5,095
Median age	34.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,308	$100,227
Median home value	$331,500	$353,700
Median gross rent	$1,204	$2,204
Housing units	4,284	2,033
Homeownership rate	59.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
Population	18,413 → 18,876 (+2.5%)	5,524 → 5,095 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$53,563 → $63,308 (+18.2%)	$74,607 → $100,227 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $331,500 (+53.2%)	$278,500 → $353,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,204 (+34.5%)	$1,427 → $2,204 (+54.4%)

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

Yosemite Lakes

Population

5,5245,095

Median household income

$74,607$100,227

Median home value

$278,500$353,700

Median gross rent

$1,427$2,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
Under 5	6.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.2%
75 and over	3.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	65.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
No high school diploma	23.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
Drove alone	71.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	17.3%	12.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.5%
Other means	1.9%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
1-unit, detached	83.1%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chowchilla	Yosemite Lakes
Poverty rate	22.2%	6.1%
Average household size	3.35	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1983	1992