King City vs Prunedale

A side-by-side comparison of King City and Prunedale: population, income, housing, and more.

King City and Prunedale are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prunedale has the higher population (19,286 vs 13,512 in King City). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $63,090 in King City). Prunedale has the higher median home value ($760,200 vs $395,800 in King City).

Population, income & housing

	King City	Prunedale
Population	13,512	19,286
Median age	28.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,090	$106,442
Median home value	$395,800	$760,200
Median gross rent	$1,527	$1,711
Housing units	3,631	5,802
Homeownership rate	43.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	King City	Prunedale
Population	13,921 → 13,512 (-2.9%)	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $63,090 (+27.8%)	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$252,500 → $395,800 (+56.8%)	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,527 (+33.8%)	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)

King City

Population

13,92113,512

Median household income

$49,375$63,090

Median home value

$252,500$395,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,527

Prunedale

Population

20,32719,286

Median household income

$89,137$106,442

Median home value

$566,700$760,200

Median gross rent

$1,430$1,711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	King City	Prunedale
Under 5	10.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	25.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.0%
75 and over	2.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	King City	Prunedale
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	90.1%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	King City	Prunedale
No high school diploma	49.2%	22.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	King City	Prunedale
Drove alone	66.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.0%
Other means	13.8%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	King City	Prunedale
1-unit, detached	63.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	King City	Prunedale
Poverty rate	19.8%	8.5%
Average household size	4.03	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1988	1976