
California · Census place 60242
Reedley, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Reedley, California (Reedley, CA — Census place “Reedley city”) is 25,446 residents, ranking #298 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $62,923, the median home is worth $311,700 and median gross rent runs $1,198 a month. Looking for the Reedley California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Reedley, CA: 93654.
- Population
- 25,446Reedley city residents
- Median household income
- $62,923Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $311,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,198Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 54.8%Owner-occupied households
Reedley ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Reedley.
The Reedley CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Reedley city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Reedley city median would spend about 22.8% 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 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.7% of residents and 54.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Reedley city, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Reedley city is a small city in California, with 25,446 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #298 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 32.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Reedley city earn a median of $62,923 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 19.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Reedley city is valued at $311,700, 2.7% above the national figure and 47% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,198 a month, 14.8% below the national figure, or roughly $14,376 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.8% 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 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 54.8% 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.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Reedley city?
- Reedley city has 25,446 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #298 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Reedley city?
- Median household income in Reedley city is $62,923 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Reedley city?
- Median gross rent is $1,198 a month and the median home value is $311,700, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.
- Is Reedley city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Reedley city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Reedley 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.