Fresno County vs Sacramento County

A side-by-side comparison of Fresno County and Sacramento County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fresno County and Sacramento County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sacramento County has the higher population (1,584,047 vs 1,012,152 in Fresno County). Sacramento County has the higher median household income ($88,724 vs $71,434 in Fresno County). Sacramento County has the higher median home value ($498,900 vs $362,600 in Fresno County).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
Population	1,012,152	1,584,047
Median age	33.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,434	$88,724
Median home value	$362,600	$498,900
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,702
Housing units	342,003	593,616
Homeownership rate	55.4%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
Population	984,521 → 1,012,152 (+2.8%)	1,524,553 → 1,584,047 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$53,969 → $71,434 (+32.4%)	$67,151 → $88,724 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$255,000 → $362,600 (+42.2%)	$351,900 → $498,900 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,300 (+30.3%)	$1,252 → $1,702 (+35.9%)

Fresno County

Population

984,5211,012,152

Median household income

$53,969$71,434

Median home value

$255,000$362,600

Median gross rent

$998$1,300

Sacramento County

Population

1,524,5531,584,047

Median household income

$67,151$88,724

Median home value

$351,900$498,900

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
Under 5	7.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	41.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	10.8%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	54.1%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
No high school diploma	21.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
Drove alone	74.7%	67.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.9%	1.5%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
1-unit, detached	67.7%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fresno County	Sacramento County
Poverty rate	18.7%	12.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1981	1980