Metro area · California

Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area

Hanford-Corcoran, CA is a metropolitan area of 1 county in California, home to 154,327 residents. Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #838 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in California it ranks #32 of 34. It ranks best on job growth (high), public EV charging ports (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high), restaurants and bars (low) and high ozone days (high).

9Very low
Quality-of-life score
#838 of 925 metro and micro areas
California
#32 of 34 in CA
Population
154,327 (2025)
Land area
1,391 mi²
Density
110.9 /mi²
CBSA code
25260

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety36#589/924
  • Economy26#686/925
  • Housing24#706/925
  • Health60#367/925
  • Healthcare28#661/923
  • Environment3#892/917
  • Education2#902/925
  • Infrastructure36#594/925
  • Community1#913/925
  • Leisure & amenities11#819/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Kings CountyCentral county18154,327

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. CorcoranPrincipal city22,491
  2. HanfordPrincipal city59,754

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Hanford59,754
  2. Lemoore27,102
  3. Corcoran22,491
  4. Avenal13,608
  5. Lemoore Station6,175
  6. Armona3,890
  7. Home Garden1,806
  8. Kettleman City1,002
  9. Stratford973
  10. Grangeville618
  11. Hardwick58

Other metro and micro areas in California

Areas based in California, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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