With 13,608 people, Avenal is a city in California. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 3% of adults. The foreign-born share is 39%. 45% of homes are owner-occupied. This skews young, with a median age of 32.5. Households here earn about 45% less than in California as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,741, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
3% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 81%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Avenal
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share49.3% → 86.6%(+37.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Black share16.8% → 2.9%(−13.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate28.6% → 19.2%(−9.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.9%(43)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.4%(14)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.7%(51)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 166 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Avenal, decade by decade
Avenal population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,770
$57,513
$130,804
2.4%
78.8
2000
14,674
$54,121
$126,787
4.1%
63.9
2010
15,505
$47,976
$244,701
3.4%
56.4
2020
13,696
$60,337
$175,503
6.3%
34.2
2024
13,608
$54,741
$228,900
2.8%
30.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
