Denair vs Empire

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

Denair and Empire 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 3,867 in Empire). Denair has the higher median household income ($97,468 vs $48,990 in Empire). Denair has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $306,700 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Denair	Empire
Population	5,085	3,867
Median age	34.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,468	$48,990
Median home value	$407,800	$306,700
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,106
Housing units	1,701	1,198
Homeownership rate	71.8%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denair	Empire
Population	5,101 → 5,085 (-0.3%)	4,051 → 3,867 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$71,277 → $97,468 (+36.7%)	$38,477 → $48,990 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$306,500 → $407,800 (+33.1%)	$160,400 → $306,700 (+91.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $1,372 (+17.7%)	$816 → $1,106 (+35.5%)

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

Empire

Population

4,0513,867

Median household income

$38,477$48,990

Median home value

$160,400$306,700

Median gross rent

$816$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denair	Empire
Under 5	11.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.0%
75 and over	3.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denair	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	38.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	58.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denair	Empire
No high school diploma	11.7%	26.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denair	Empire
Drove alone	81.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	15.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denair	Empire
1-unit, detached	83.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Denair	Empire
Poverty rate	14.2%	28.7%
Average household size	3.02	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1977	1972