Atwater vs Los Banos

A side-by-side comparison of Atwater and Los Banos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Banos has the higher population (46,776 vs 32,013 in Atwater). Los Banos has the higher median household income ($70,893 vs $63,945 in Atwater). Los Banos has the higher median home value ($419,600 vs $340,600 in Atwater).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Los Banos
Population	32,013	46,776
Median age	33.9 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,945	$70,893
Median home value	$340,600	$419,600
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,515
Housing units	10,525	13,723
Homeownership rate	52.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Los Banos
Population	29,296 → 32,013 (+9.3%)	38,914 → 46,776 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$55,674 → $63,945 (+14.9%)	$62,874 → $70,893 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$229,400 → $340,600 (+48.5%)	$293,400 → $419,600 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,219 (+22.1%)	$1,260 → $1,515 (+20.2%)

Atwater

Population

29,29632,013

Median household income

$55,674$63,945

Median home value

$229,400$340,600

Median gross rent

$998$1,219

Los Banos

Population

38,91446,776

Median household income

$62,874$70,893

Median home value

$293,400$419,600

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Los Banos
Under 5	6.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.0%
75 and over	5.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Los Banos
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	19.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	57.5%	73.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Los Banos
No high school diploma	26.2%	28.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Los Banos
Drove alone	80.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Los Banos
1-unit, detached	67.5%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Los Banos
Poverty rate	20.0%	16.2%
Average household size	3.09	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	52
Median year structure built	1979	1995