Bret Harte vs Denair

A side-by-side comparison of Bret Harte and Denair: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denair has the higher population (5,085 vs 4,807 in Bret Harte). Denair has the higher median household income ($97,468 vs $42,422 in Bret Harte). Denair has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $289,300 in Bret Harte).

Population, income & housing

	Bret Harte	Denair
Population	4,807	5,085
Median age	23.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,422	$97,468
Median home value	$289,300	$407,800
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,372
Housing units	1,112	1,701
Homeownership rate	36.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bret Harte	Denair
Population	5,148 → 4,807 (-6.6%)	5,101 → 5,085 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$37,526 → $42,422 (+13.0%)	$71,277 → $97,468 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $289,300 (+115.6%)	$306,500 → $407,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $1,360 (+30.1%)	$1,166 → $1,372 (+17.7%)

Bret Harte

Population

5,1484,807

Median household income

$37,526$42,422

Median home value

$134,200$289,300

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,360

Denair

Population

5,1015,085

Median household income

$71,277$97,468

Median home value

$306,500$407,800

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,372

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bret Harte	Denair
Under 5	13.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	28.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	4.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.1%
75 and over	1.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bret Harte	Denair
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	64.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	92.4%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bret Harte	Denair
No high school diploma	40.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bret Harte	Denair
Drove alone	85.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bret Harte	Denair
1-unit, detached	90.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Bret Harte	Denair
Poverty rate	44.1%	14.2%
Average household size	4.45	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1963	1977