Fresno

Population & Demographics

Fresno, CA

Fresno is home to 545,970 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 217,924 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
545,970
people
Population

545,970 residents

Median age 32.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fresno population & demographics

Who lives in Fresno — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
545,970
Median age
32.8yrs
Median household income
$70,991
Median home value
$374,800
Median gross rent
$1,421/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.5%
Poverty rate
20.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fresno

How Fresno breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino50.9%
White23.8%
Asian14.2%
Black6.5%
Two or more races3.6%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across Fresno

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fresno.

Fresno at a glance
Employed Residents
217,924
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
56.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Clovis
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fresno proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fresno commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

66 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fresno

217,924 commutes, one dot at a time

Fresno

Where 217,924 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fresno, by worker count.

1Fresno0.0 mi122,197
2Clovis6.5 mi15,419
3Madera19.9 mi2,491
4Los Angeles202.4 mi2,455
5Visalia41.2 mi2,442
6San Jose120.8 mi2,126
7Sanger13.7 mi1,752
8San Francisco160.8 mi1,594

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fresno.

1Fresno0.0 mi122,197
2Clovis6.5 mi26,384
3Madera19.9 mi4,550
4Sanger13.7 mi3,901
5Visalia41.2 mi3,350
6Selma17.4 mi2,463
7Los Angeles202.4 mi2,153
8Kerman15.7 mi1,914

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fresno’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance22.7%
RTRetail Trade8.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.9%
EDEducational Services8.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.0%
PAPublic Administration6.7%
COConstruction5.6%
MFManufacturing5.1%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fresno

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps95%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Fresno

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).