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ArvinCA

Arvin, CA is a 21K-resident city in Kern County with a median household income of $49,183.

Kern County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Arvin, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Arvin has a population larger than 46% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $262,700.

Data updated 2026-09-04

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 47%
By size
$49,183
Median income (place)
$262,700
Median home (place)
34.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Arvin

Arvin posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities

Where Arvin income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$49,183 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Arvin $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Arvin, CA beyond the headline numbers

Arvin sits inside Kern County, California, at roughly 35.21°N, -118.83°W. Population 20,876, $49,183 median household income. Median home value $262,700, median rent $1,122. Poverty rate 34.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

34.6% of Arvin, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Arvin costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 1.8% of Arvin workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 32.2% in Arvin, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Arvin's median age is 25 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Arvin from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
20,876
Arvin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$49,183
-45% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$262,700
-36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
25
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Kern County): Arvin's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
915K+8%
Median Income
$70,210+45%
Median Home Value
$338,300+109%
Poverty Rate
19.1%-17%
Unemployment
8.6%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Arvin, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,122/mo
Poverty Rate
34.6% +179% vs avg
Unemployment 14%
Bachelor's Degree+ 5%
Work From Home 1.8%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 34.1%
African American 1.4%
Asian 0.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Physical Inactivity
44.3%
Short Sleep Duration
41.4%
Obesity
41.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
32.2%
High Blood Pressure
31.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
23%
Frequent Physical Distress
20.4%
Current Smoking
17.8%
Diabetes
16.2%
Binge Drinking
15.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 39.5%
Annual Checkup 66.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
3.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Arvin?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Arvin right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-ARVIN · Arvin

Arvin: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Arvin; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Arvin, CA? ▼
Arvin, CA has a population of 20,876 people, located in Kern County, California.
What is the median household income in Arvin? ▼
The median household income in Arvin, CA is $49,183 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 34.6%.
What is the median home value in Arvin? ▼
The median home value in Arvin, CA is $262,700. Median rent is $1,122/month.
What are the top health concerns in Arvin? ▼
The top health indicators in Arvin include Physical Inactivity (44.3%), Short Sleep Duration (41.4%), Obesity (41.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Arvin? ▼
The median age in Arvin, CA is 25 years. 5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Arvin, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (34.6% here).

Clarkston, GA 34.4% Meridian, MS 34.3% Flint, MI 34.1% Muskegon Heights, MI 34.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($49,183 here).

Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO $49,170 Brent, FL $49,167 Hopkinsville, KY $49,139 El Dorado, AR $49,244

Compare Arvin with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Arvin's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Arvin area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Kern County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.