Corning vs Gerber

A side-by-side comparison of Corning and Gerber: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corning has the higher population (8,168 vs 934 in Gerber). Corning has the higher median household income ($55,732 vs $30,694 in Gerber). Corning has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $129,800 in Gerber).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Gerber
Population	8,168	934
Median age	31.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,732	$30,694
Median home value	$274,600	$129,800
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,245
Housing units	2,697	532
Homeownership rate	51.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Gerber
Population	7,590 → 8,168 (+7.6%)	1,140 → 934 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$43,042 → $55,732 (+29.5%)	$47,557 → $30,694 (-35.5%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $274,600 (+63.7%)	$122,800 → $129,800 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,116 (+34.1%)	$693 → $1,245 (+79.7%)

Corning

Population

7,5908,168

Median household income

$43,042$55,732

Median home value

$167,700$274,600

Median gross rent

$832$1,116

Gerber

Population

1,140934

Median household income

$47,557$30,694

Median home value

$122,800$129,800

Median gross rent

$693$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Gerber
Under 5	9.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	28.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	19.6%
75 and over	4.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Gerber
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	23.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	59.0%	74.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Gerber
No high school diploma	22.3%	40.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	9.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Gerber
Drove alone	75.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	17.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Gerber
1-unit, detached	70.3%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Gerber
Poverty rate	13.7%	35.2%
Average household size	3.28	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1980	1977