What is the population of Delano city?

Delano city has 50,835 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #185 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Delano city?

Median household income in Delano city is $61,817 a year, 21.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Delano city?

Median gross rent is $1,111 a month and the median home value is $270,300, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.

Is Delano city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Delano city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Delano, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Delano, California (Delano, CA — Census place “Delano city”) is 50,835 residents, ranking #185 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $61,817, the median home is worth $270,300 and median gross rent runs $1,111 a month. Looking for the Delano California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Delano, CA: 93215.

Population: 50,835Delano city residents
Median household income: $61,817Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $270,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,111Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.1%Owner-occupied households

Delano ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Delano.

The Delano CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

93215

What the numbers mean in Delano city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Delano city median would spend about 21.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.9% of residents and 62.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Delano city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Delano city is a small city in California, with 50,835 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #185 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 33.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Delano city earn a median of $61,817 a year, 21.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Delano city is valued at $270,300, 10.9% below the national figure and 54% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,111 a month, 21% below the national figure, or roughly $13,332 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Delano city?: Delano city has 50,835 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #185 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Delano city?: Median household income in Delano city is $61,817 a year, 21.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Delano city?: Median gross rent is $1,111 a month and the median home value is $270,300, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.
Is Delano city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Delano city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Delano city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.