Corning vs Red Bluff

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

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

Red Bluff has the higher population (14,592 vs 8,168 in Corning). Corning has the higher median household income ($55,732 vs $50,216 in Red Bluff). Corning has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $271,100 in Red Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Red Bluff
Population	8,168	14,592
Median age	31.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,732	$50,216
Median home value	$274,600	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,068
Housing units	2,697	6,356
Homeownership rate	51.4%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Red Bluff
Population	7,590 → 8,168 (+7.6%)	14,264 → 14,592 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$43,042 → $55,732 (+29.5%)	$31,450 → $50,216 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $274,600 (+63.7%)	$174,300 → $271,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,116 (+34.1%)	$867 → $1,068 (+23.2%)

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

Red Bluff

Population

14,26414,592

Median household income

$31,450$50,216

Median home value

$174,300$271,100

Median gross rent

$867$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Red Bluff
Under 5	9.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.6%
75 and over	4.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Red Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	4.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	59.0%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Red Bluff
No high school diploma	22.3%	13.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Red Bluff
Drove alone	75.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	17.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Red Bluff
1-unit, detached	70.3%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	15.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Red Bluff
Poverty rate	13.7%	17.6%
Average household size	3.28	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1980	1977