A town of 13,608, settled in 1979. A typical home worth about $250K.
The 3 things Avenal does most differently from other towns.
15,505 people in 2010; 13,608 today.
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The typical Avenal home is worth about $250,000, about the same as a year ago, 67% below the California typical home.
41 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Floyd Rice Park | — | 5 |
Avenal beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22.
| What stands out | Avenal | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.5% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 17.8% | 20.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 29.9% | 10.6% |
The public schools Avenal’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 81% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avenal Elementary | K–5 | 654 | D |
| Tamarack Elementary | K–5 | 433 | D |
| Reef-Sunset Primary Community Day | 3–6 | — | Not graded |
| Reef-Sunset Middle | 6–8 | 554 | D |
| Avenal High | 9–12 | 762 | B |
| Sunrise Continuation High | 9–12 | 14 | Not graded |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities.
Avenal has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 98°, a January night drops to 40°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Most working residents leave Avenal for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (9%), Coalinga (4%) and Visalia (3%). Half commute less than 50 miles.
Avenal reports less crime per resident than 53% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
8 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
City in California, United States
Avenal (Spanish for "Oat field") is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Avenal is located 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 807 ft (246 m). It is part of the Hanford-Corcoran metropolitan area (MSA Code 25260), which encompasses all of Kings County. In area, it is the fourth-largest city in Kings County. As of the 2020 census, Avenal had a population of 13,696, which includes inmates at the Avenal State Prison, the first prison actively solicited by a community in the state of California. Many of the remaining residents largely either work at the prison or in the agriculture industry. The prison provides approximately 1,000 jobs to residents. The Calif…
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