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Avenal 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, 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 California Department of Finance estimated that Avenal's population was 13,496 on July 1, 2019. As of that date, Avenal State Prison held 4,165 inmates, which was about 32% of the total population of Avenal. Inmates are counted as city residents by both the United States census and the California Department of Finance.
Avenal is a small Central Valley city with affordable housing. Features prison employment and agricultural setting.
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Median Rent
$1,060/mo
Census estimate for Avenal
Housing Tenure in Avenal
Renting is more common here than statewide—this market has more rental inventory and transient residents.
45%
Homeowners
55%
Renters
Homeownership is 10.5% lower than the California average (55.5%)
2,949 households (2023)
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