Banning vs Norco

A side-by-side comparison of Banning and Norco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Banning has the higher population (30,680 vs 25,211 in Norco). Norco has the higher median household income ($125,117 vs $57,699 in Banning). Norco has the higher median home value ($731,900 vs $322,900 in Banning).

Population, income & housing

	Banning	Norco
Population	30,680	25,211
Median age	43.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,699	$125,117
Median home value	$322,900	$731,900
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,893
Housing units	12,402	7,046
Homeownership rate	71.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banning	Norco
Population	31,072 → 30,680 (-1.3%)	26,670 → 25,211 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$42,274 → $57,699 (+36.5%)	$102,817 → $125,117 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $322,900 (+37.5%)	$544,900 → $731,900 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,528 (+51.3%)	$1,892 → $1,893 (+0.1%)

Banning

Population

31,07230,680

Median household income

$42,274$57,699

Median home value

$234,900$322,900

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,528

Norco

Population

26,67025,211

Median household income

$102,817$125,117

Median home value

$544,900$731,900

Median gross rent

$1,892$1,893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banning	Norco
Under 5	5.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.5%
75 and over	15.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banning	Norco
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	49.4%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	5.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banning	Norco
No high school diploma	17.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banning	Norco
Drove alone	79.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	12.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banning	Norco
1-unit, detached	72.2%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Banning	Norco
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.64	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1983	1974