Dos Palos vs Hilmar-Irwin

A side-by-side comparison of Dos Palos and Hilmar-Irwin: population, income, housing, and more.

Dos Palos and Hilmar-Irwin are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hilmar-Irwin has the higher population (6,317 vs 5,757 in Dos Palos). Hilmar-Irwin has the higher median household income ($76,492 vs $50,556 in Dos Palos). Hilmar-Irwin has the higher median home value ($420,600 vs $285,300 in Dos Palos).

Population, income & housing

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
Population	5,757	6,317
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,556	$76,492
Median home value	$285,300	$420,600
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,701
Housing units	1,974	1,975
Homeownership rate	56.2%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
Population	5,351 → 5,757 (+7.6%)	5,755 → 6,317 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$56,716 → $50,556 (-10.9%)	$67,426 → $76,492 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$194,500 → $285,300 (+46.7%)	$284,300 → $420,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,182 (+22.0%)	$1,251 → $1,701 (+36.0%)

Dos Palos

Population

5,3515,757

Median household income

$56,716$50,556

Median home value

$194,500$285,300

Median gross rent

$969$1,182

Hilmar-Irwin

Population

5,7556,317

Median household income

$67,426$76,492

Median home value

$284,300$420,600

Median gross rent

$1,251$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
Under 5	8.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.1%
75 and over	6.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
White (non-Hispanic)	17.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	72.4%	29.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
No high school diploma	31.9%	18.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
Drove alone	77.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
1-unit, detached	85.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Dos Palos	Hilmar-Irwin
Poverty rate	14.7%	19.8%
Average household size	2.91	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1976	1987