City safety & data profile

DelanoCA

Delano, CA is a 53K-resident city in Kern County with a median household income of $67,010.

Kern County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Delano, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Delano has a population larger than 81% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $301,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

53K
Population (place)
Top 19%
By size
$67,010
Median income (place)
$301,900
Median home (place)
16%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Delano

Delano posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Delano area.

Bottom 34%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Delano

Where Delano income ranks nationally

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

$67,010 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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 Delano, CA beyond the headline numbers

Delano sits inside Kern County, California, at roughly 35.77°N, -119.25°W. Population 52,733, $67,010 median household income. Median home value $301,900, median rent $1,199. Poverty rate 16%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Delano, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Delano, CA stands at 16%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Delano runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 2.8% of Delano 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: 24.2% in Delano, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Delano workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Delano's median age is 33.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Delano 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)
52,733
Delano · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$67,010
-25% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$301,900
-27% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Kern County): Delano'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 Delano, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,199/mo
Poverty Rate
16% +29% vs avg
Unemployment 13.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 7.3%
Work From Home 2.8%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 12.8%
African American 4.6%
Asian 13.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.8%
Physical Inactivity
38.3%
Obesity
36.9%
High Blood Pressure
31.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
24.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
17%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Current Smoking
16.3%
Diabetes
14.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 43.8%
Annual Checkup 67.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO
DELANO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Delano?

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

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Sheet CA-DELANO · Delano

Delano: 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 Delano; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Delano, CA? ▼
Delano, CA has a population of 52,733 people, located in Kern County, California.
What is the median household income in Delano? ▼
The median household income in Delano, CA is $67,010 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16%.
What is the median home value in Delano? ▼
The median home value in Delano, CA is $301,900. Median rent is $1,199/month.
What are the top health concerns in Delano? ▼
The top health indicators in Delano include Short Sleep Duration (41.8%), Physical Inactivity (38.3%), Obesity (36.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Delano? ▼
Delano has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Delano? ▼
The median age in Delano, CA is 33.9 years. 7.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (16% here).

Minneapolis, MN 16% Fort Wayne, IN 16% Kansas City, KS 16% Wilmington, NC 16%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($67,010 here).

El Campo, TX $67,017 Fargo, ND $66,998 Hermiston, OR $66,998 Coolidge, AZ $67,023

Compare Delano with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

McFarland, CA 14K Wasco, CA 26K Shafter, CA 18K Porterville, CA 56K Rosedale, CA 14K Oildale, CA 33K Tulare, CA 62K Corcoran, CA 22K
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Using Delano'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 Delano 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.
  • Compare Delano against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

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.