City · Kings County, California

Lemoore, California

Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, part of the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area. It has 27,102 residents. Lemoore, California has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,244 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #876 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high), voter turnout (low) and new business applications (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,244 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #876 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 27,102 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 2,768.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 0641152

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety27#11,367/15,637
Economy33#10,515/15,631
Housing32#10,238/14,977
Health55#7,081/15,609
Healthcare25#11,800/15,650
Environment1#15,244/15,453
Education3#15,214/15,649
Infrastructure44#8,778/15,650
Community1#15,432/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,456/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lemoore, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kings County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high2.6%
92/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataKings County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.364
92/100California 0.489United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public EV charging ports · high15.3 /10k
91/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyKings County value
Comfortable days · high32.8%
89/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationKings County value
New homes permitted · high10.6 /1k
89/100California 2.8 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
89/100California 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKings County value

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high13.6 µg/m³
0/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKings County value
Voter turnout · low44.8%
1/100California 61.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionKings County value
New business applications · low6.4 /1k
1/100California 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauKings County value
Social associations · low3.3 /10k
2/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKings County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.2 /10k
2/100California 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKings County value
High ozone days · high24 days
3/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKings County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
3.7 /1k (2021) → 10.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+185%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Unemployment rateWorsening
6.2% (2015-2019) → 13.1% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$63,605 (2015-2019) → $83,724 (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.2% (2015-2019) → 48.3% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
85.3% (2015-2019) → 83.1% (2020-2024)
−2.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.401 (2015-2019) → 0.364 (2020-2024)
−9.2%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lemoore, California improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+32%$63,605 → $83,724

Declined1

Unemployment+6.9 points6.2% → 13.1%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Lemoore, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	21.1 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	89.1%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Child poverty rate	22.7%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	85.3%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4012015-2019	0.3642020-2024	−0.037	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$63,6052015-2019	$83,7242020-2024	+32%	Improved	59%
Poverty rate	15.6%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	44.2%2015-2019	48.3%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.7%2015-2019	6.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	35%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lemoore, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lemoore, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lemoore, California itself moved −4.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

27,102 residents (±48)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,809 households (±462)

Lemoore, California
California share

Under $25k9.4%†830
$25k–50k18%1,559
$50k–75k18%1,625

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,809 households (±462)

Lemoore, California
California share

Own52%4,542
Rent48%4,267

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

11,424 workers (±733)

Lemoore, California
California share

Drive alone81%9,222
Carpool11%1,274
Public transit0.1%†10

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Kings County, the county holding most of Lemoore's residents.

Kings County has 1,821 employer establishments, 119 for every 10,000 residents (0.48× the US rate of 248; 0.45× California's), with 28,791 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,755. The Census Bureau also counts 6,441 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,821; 6,441 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 119; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 28,791
Average annual pay: $51,755; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kings County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	191	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	3,309	$22,392	41
Ambulatory health care services	188	12.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,742	$60,161	241
Limited-service restaurants	113	7.4	0.92×About typical	2,263	$20,927	21
Lessors of real estate	108	7	0.57×Fewer than typical	382	$42,681	425
Truck transportation	94	6.1	1.21×About typical	616	$58,013	312
Specialty trade contractors	87	5.7	0.37×Fewer than typical	663	$63,231	279
Offices of physicians	69	4.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	385	$63,161	31
Automotive repair and maintenance	62	4	0.80×About typical	259	$39,436	123
Grocery and convenience stores	61	4	1.34×More than typical	813	$34,166	27
Building equipment contractors	51	3.3	0.55×Fewer than typical	355	$71,031	59
Full-service restaurants	46	3	0.39×Fewer than typical	647	$27,541	9
Services to buildings and dwellings	43	2.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	189	$35,111	502

Rank places for an industry Open Kings County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 153,197 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $339.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lemoore, California: $12.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $339.2K; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 34%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$156.8K46%
Department of the Army$142.4K42%
Defense Health Agency$34.8K10%
Department of Veterans Affairs$5,1651.5%

Top recipients

FOREFRONT HEALTHCARE LLC$129.5K38%
MOUNTAIN METHODS, INC.$104.9K31%
COHO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$32.9K9.7%
READIFORCE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$29K8.6%
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$12.9K3.8%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1MFY2017
1.4MFY2018
1.3MFY2019
577KFY2020
496KFY2021
244KFY2022
3.3MFY2023
1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$129.5K38%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$104.9K31%
Employment services · 5613$32.9K9.7%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$29K8.6%
Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$12.9K3.8%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lemoore, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Lemoore, California's figures are part of those of Kings County, CA ($145M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lemoore is mostly in Kings County.

See federal money in Kings County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lemoore, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Kings County18100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Hanford-Corcoran, CA9

Other cities and towns in Kings County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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