Demographics of Reedley city, California

Reedley city, California had 26,982 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,771 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Reedley city, in four figures

26,982
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 25,609 ±29.; +7.0%
Change since July 2020: +1,771 people.; 32.3 ±1.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,307 ±$5,877
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Reedley city, California's population grew 7.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Reedley city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Reedley city, California's population grew 7.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Reedley city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	25,211	100.0	100.0
2021	25,220	100.0	100.2
2022	25,527	101.3	100.7
2023	25,984	103.1	101.6
2024	26,509	105.1	102.5
2025	26,982	107.0	103.1

Population of Reedley city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	25,211	—
2021	25,220	+9
2022	25,527	+307
2023	25,984	+457
2024	26,509	+525
2025	26,982	+473

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 32.3 ±1.6: for men 32.8 ±2.5 and for women 31.8 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Reedley city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	2,304 ±453	9.0% ±1.8	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,286 ±607	20.6% ±2.4	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,772 ±413	10.8% ±1.6	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,598 ±649	25.8% ±2.5	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,020 ±674	23.5% ±2.6	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,629 ±363	10.3% ±1.4	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,307 ±$5,877, and income per person $25,275 ±$2,070, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Reedley city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	1,172 ±300	16.0% ±4.1	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,824 ±372	24.9% ±5.0	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,102 ±285	15.1% ±3.9	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	706 ±202	9.7% ±2.7	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,371 ±321	18.8% ±4.3	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	431 ±150	5.9% ±2.0	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	705 ±278	9.6% ±3.8	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Reedley city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	5,637 ±1,112	22.3% ±4.4	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,130 ±571	28.4% ±6.9	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,702 ±479	19.6% ±3.2	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	805 ±236	20.2% ±5.4	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Reedley city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Reedley city	California	United States
Housing units	7,619 ±307	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.0% ±0.6	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.0% ±1.6	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	56.4% ±5.3	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	43.6% ±4.0	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$334,800 ±$14,957	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,288 ±$70	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1984 ±4	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Reedley city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	20,797 ±610	81.2% ±2.4	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,516 ±557	13.7% ±2.2	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	23 to 449	0.1% to 1.8%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	405 ±189	1.6% ±0.7	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 94	0% to 0.4%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 13	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 179	0% to 0.7%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	516 ±219	2.0% ±0.9	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Reedley city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	16,632 ±883	64.9% ±3.4	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,640 ±279	6.4% ±1.1	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	161 to 595	0.6% to 2.3%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	6,959 ±910	27.2% ±3.6	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,734 ±543	10.7% ±2.1	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,225 ±793	16.5% ±3.1	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Reedley city among the places of California

299th of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Reedley city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Galt city	25,962 ±58
North Tustin CDP	25,807 ±1,638
Imperial Beach city	25,764 ±67
Bloomington CDP	25,698 ±1,861
West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP	25,615 ±1,493
Reedley city	25,609 ±29
Mountain House CDP	25,513 ±2,041
Dinuba city	25,475 ±27
Lafayette city	25,285 ±35
Riverbank city	25,166 ±91
Loma Linda city	25,122 ±37

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Reedley city, California

Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Places in California by poverty rate
No. 42 Places in California by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 109 Places by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 131 Places in California by foreign-born share
No. 280 Places in California by homeownership rate
No. 446 Places in California by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026