Empire vs Keyes

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

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

Keyes has the higher population (5,330 vs 3,867 in Empire). Keyes has the higher median household income ($59,338 vs $48,990 in Empire). Keyes has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $306,700 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Keyes
Population	3,867	5,330
Median age	38.1 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,990	$59,338
Median home value	$306,700	$335,500
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,361
Housing units	1,198	1,694
Homeownership rate	57.8%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Keyes
Population	4,051 → 3,867 (-4.5%)	6,548 → 5,330 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$38,477 → $48,990 (+27.3%)	$51,494 → $59,338 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $306,700 (+91.2%)	$205,700 → $335,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,106 (+35.5%)	$1,040 → $1,361 (+30.9%)

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

Keyes

Population

6,5485,330

Median household income

$51,494$59,338

Median home value

$205,700$335,500

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Keyes
Under 5	7.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	26.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	5.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.0%
75 and over	4.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Keyes
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	15.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	58.3%	74.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Keyes
No high school diploma	26.4%	40.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Keyes
Drove alone	79.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	15.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Keyes
1-unit, detached	83.1%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Keyes
Poverty rate	28.7%	27.5%
Average household size	3.17	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1972	1990