Madera County vs Napa County

A side-by-side comparison of Madera County and Napa County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madera County has the higher population (158,790 vs 136,070 in Napa County). Napa County has the higher median household income ($108,970 vs $75,496 in Madera County). Napa County has the higher median home value ($838,800 vs $367,700 in Madera County).

Population, income & housing

	Madera County	Napa County
Population	158,790	136,070
Median age	34.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,496	$108,970
Median home value	$367,700	$838,800
Median gross rent	$1,307	$2,141
Housing units	50,368	55,601
Homeownership rate	65.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madera County	Napa County
Population	155,433 → 158,790 (+2.2%)	139,623 → 136,070 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$57,585 → $75,496 (+31.1%)	$88,596 → $108,970 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$251,200 → $367,700 (+46.4%)	$635,900 → $838,800 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,307 (+28.9%)	$1,700 → $2,141 (+25.9%)

Madera County

Population

155,433158,790

Median household income

$57,585$75,496

Median home value

$251,200$367,700

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,307

Napa County

Population

139,623136,070

Median household income

$88,596$108,970

Median home value

$635,900$838,800

Median gross rent

$1,700$2,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madera County	Napa County
Under 5	6.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.5%
75 and over	5.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madera County	Napa County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	49.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	60.4%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madera County	Napa County
No high school diploma	27.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	23.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madera County	Napa County
Drove alone	72.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.5%
Other means	4.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madera County	Napa County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Madera County	Napa County
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.4%
Average household size	3.42	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1988	1976