Cities in California by Gini index, 2024

Red Bluff, CA had the highest Gini index of 376 cities in 2024, at 63. Mountain House, CA had the lowest, at 32.8. The median was 43.7 and the figure for California was 48.9. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest63Red Bluff, CA

Lowest32.8Mountain House, CA

Median43.7376 cities

California48.9History

Top 40 cities, 2024

index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 index	Change on 2023
1	Red Bluff, CA	63	-0
2	Beverly Hills, CA	58.7	-0.8
3	Atascadero, CA	56.3	+1.2
4	Calabasas, CA	55.3	-0.1
5	Palm Springs, CA	55.1	+0.4
6	Laguna Beach, CA	54.4	0
7	Santa Monica, CA	54.3	-0.8
8	Marysville, CA	53.8	+5.3
9	Berkeley, CA	53.7	+0.9
10	Rancho Mirage, CA	53.5	-0.2
11	San Luis Obispo, CA	53.2	-0.1
12	Davis, CA	52.7	+1
13	Los Angeles, CA	52.6	+0.1
14	Larkspur, CA	52.4	+0.1
15	San Francisco, CA	52.2	+0.4
16	Menlo Park, CA	52.1	+0.3
17	Ukiah, CA	52.1	+3
18	Healdsburg, CA	52.1	+0.9
19	Newport Beach, CA	51.8	-0.9
20	West Hollywood, CA	51.4	-0.9
21	Palm Desert, CA	51.2	-1.3
22	San Rafael, CA	51.1	-0.3
23	Oakland, CA	51.1	-0.2
24	South Lake Tahoe, CA	51	-1.3
25	Truckee, CA	51	+1.6
26	San Anselmo, CA	50.9	+0.8
27	Arcata, CA	50.8	+0.6
28	San Marino, CA	50.6	+1.6
29	Glendale, CA	50.6	+0.3
30	Los Gatos, CA	50.5	-0.1
30	Pasadena, CA	50.5	+0.7
32	La Quinta, CA	50.4	0
33	Seal Beach, CA	50.3	+0.4
34	California City, CA	50	+3.5
35	Brawley, CA	49.9	+3.2
35	Half Moon Bay, CA	49.9	+1.4
37	Palos Verdes Estates, CA	49.9	-1
38	Mill Valley, CA	49.9	+1
39	Culver City, CA	49.8	+0.1
40	Auburn, CA	49.8	-0.1
41	Santa Barbara, CA	49.8	-0.1
41	Solana Beach, CA	49.8	+0.4
43	Sierra Madre, CA	49.7	+2.1
44	Coronado, CA	49.7	-0
45	Eureka, CA	49.7	+1.1
46	Exeter, CA	49.6	-4.1
47	Burbank, CA	49.6	-0
48	Burlingame, CA	49.5	+0.5
49	Dinuba, CA	49.4	+2.8
50	Santa Cruz, CA	49.4	-1.4
51	Santa Fe Springs, CA	49.3	+0.2
52	Paradise, CA	49.2	-0
53	Palo Alto, CA	49.2	-0.3
54	Loma Linda, CA	49	+1.5
55	Manhattan Beach, CA	48.9	+0.8
56	Orinda, CA	48.8	-0
57	San Clemente, CA	48.7	+1.1
58	Arcadia, CA	48.6	+0.2
59	Anderson, CA	48.6	+1
60	Redwood City, CA	48.5	-1.2
61	Chico, CA	48.3	0
61	Scotts Valley, CA	48.3	+1.5
63	Monterey Park, CA	48.2	+0.4
63	San Mateo, CA	48.2	+1.2
65	Los Altos, CA	48.2	+0.2
66	Fresno, CA	48.2	0
67	Lindsay, CA	48.1	-0.4
68	La Palma, CA	47.7	-0.8
69	Hermosa Beach, CA	47.7	-1.2
69	Mountain View, CA	47.7	+0.4
71	San Carlos, CA	47.7	+0.1
72	Oroville, CA	47.7	+0.5
73	Laguna Hills, CA	47.6	-0.7
74	Campbell, CA	47.5	+1.2
75	Stanton, CA	47.5	-1.8
76	Madera, CA	47.5	-1.9
77	Victorville, CA	47.5	-0.5
78	Fullerton, CA	47.4	+0.5
78	Sonoma, CA	47.4	-0.6
80	Hemet, CA	47.4	+0.3
81	Grass Valley, CA	47.3	-0.7
82	Dana Point, CA	47.2	-0.2
83	Alameda, CA	47.2	-0
84	South Pasadena, CA	47.2	0
85	Clearlake, CA	47.1	+1.1
86	Lafayette, CA	47	-0.4
87	San Juan Capistrano, CA	46.9	+1.6
88	Novato, CA	46.9	-0
88	Westminster, CA	46.9	-0.7
90	Calexico, CA	46.8	+0.7
91	Hillsborough, CA	46.7	-1.2
92	Saratoga, CA	46.7	-0.7
93	Merced, CA	46.7	+0.9
94	Laguna Niguel, CA	46.7	+0.3
95	Morro Bay, CA	46.6	+0.2
96	Walnut Creek, CA	46.5	+0.7
97	Kerman, CA	46.5	-1.8
98	Long Beach, CA	46.3	+0.3
99	Tustin, CA	46.3	+1
100	San Diego, CA	46.3	-0
101	Millbrae, CA	46.3	-0.8
102	San Jose, CA	46.2	+0.3
102	Sunnyvale, CA	46.2	+0.8
104	Encinitas, CA	46.2	-0.8
105	Thousand Oaks, CA	46.2	+1
106	El Centro, CA	46.2	0
107	El Cerrito, CA	46.1	+0.1
108	Irvine, CA	46.1	-0.6
109	Belmont, CA	46	+0.7
110	Carlsbad, CA	46	-0.1
111	Barstow, CA	45.9	-1.1
112	Redlands, CA	45.9	-0.3
113	La Verne, CA	45.9	+1.8
114	South San Francisco, CA	45.8	+1.1
115	Moraga, CA	45.8	-0.3
116	Pacific Grove, CA	45.7	+0.4
117	Redding, CA	45.7	+0.9
118	Blythe, CA	45.7	+1.4
119	Camarillo, CA	45.6	+0.3
119	Monterey, CA	45.6	-0.1
121	Cathedral City, CA	45.6	-1.3
122	Costa Mesa, CA	45.6	+0.8
123	Highland, CA	45.6	-1
124	Napa, CA	45.6	+1.1
124	Oakdale, CA	45.6	+1.8
126	Emeryville, CA	45.5	+1.2
126	Fortuna, CA	45.5	-2.1
128	Alhambra, CA	45.5	-0.2
129	El Cajon, CA	45.5	+0.1
130	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA	45.4	+0.2
131	Diamond Bar, CA	45.4	+0.4
132	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	45.3	-0.1
133	Parlier, CA	45.2	-1.2
133	Santa Rosa, CA	45.2	+0.4
135	Banning, CA	45.2	-1.8
136	Richmond, CA	45.2	-0.5
137	Cupertino, CA	45.1	-0
138	Temple City, CA	45	+1
139	San Leandro, CA	45	+0.2
139	Santa Clara, CA	45	+0.3
141	Escondido, CA	45	-0.4
141	San Dimas, CA	45	-0.2
143	Bakersfield, CA	44.9	-0.7
144	Orange, CA	44.9	+0.4
145	Yuba City, CA	44.8	-0.2
146	Marina, CA	44.8	+2
147	Sacramento, CA	44.7	-0.8
148	Carpinteria, CA	44.6	+1.3
149	Lompoc, CA	44.6	+1.6
149	Monrovia, CA	44.6	+0.2
151	Anaheim, CA	44.6	+0.4
152	Yorba Linda, CA	44.6	+0.3
153	Inglewood, CA	44.5	+0.9
154	Laguna Woods, CA	44.5	+0.4
155	Redondo Beach, CA	44.5	+0.8
155	San Gabriel, CA	44.5	-0.4
157	Yucaipa, CA	44.4	+0.3
158	National City, CA	44.4	+1.4
159	Vista, CA	44.3	+0.4
160	Piedmont, CA	44.3	+1.8
161	Pleasanton, CA	44.2	-0.5
161	Torrance, CA	44.2	+0.2
163	San Marcos, CA	44.2	+0.4
164	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	44.2	0
164	Walnut, CA	44.2	+0.9
166	Imperial Beach, CA	44.2	+0.1
167	Corcoran, CA	44.2	-0.7
168	Selma, CA	44.1	-2
169	Union City, CA	44.1	+2.2
170	Modesto, CA	44.1	-0.1
171	El Segundo, CA	44.1	-0.1
172	Apple Valley, CA	44.1	-0.1
173	Huntington Beach, CA	44.1	+0.4
174	Stockton, CA	44	-1.1
175	Benicia, CA	44	+1.9
176	Hawthorne, CA	44	-1
177	West Sacramento, CA	44	-1.1
178	El Monte, CA	44	+0.4
179	Pico Rivera, CA	43.9	+0.7
180	Chowchilla, CA	43.9	-3.6
181	Danville, CA	43.8	+0.4
181	Fairfield, CA	43.8	+1.1
183	Montebello, CA	43.8	+0.2
183	Rocklin, CA	43.8	+1.8
185	Agoura Hills, CA	43.8	-0.1
186	Albany, CA	43.7	-1.6
186	Vallejo, CA	43.7	+0.3
188	East Palo Alto, CA	43.7	-1
189	Claremont, CA	43.7	-0.4
189	Shasta Lake, CA	43.7	+0.5
191	Daly City, CA	43.7	+1.1
191	Rosemead, CA	43.7	+0.4
193	Turlock, CA	43.6	+0.2
194	Upland, CA	43.6	+0.4
195	American Canyon, CA	43.6	+0.9
195	San Fernando, CA	43.6	+0.1
197	Desert Hot Springs, CA	43.5	-2.2
198	San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA	43.5	-0
199	Riverbank, CA	43.5	+0.5
200	Los Banos, CA	43.4	+1.6
201	Fountain Valley, CA	43.4	+0.2
202	Foster City, CA	43.4	+0.3
203	Placerville, CA	43.4	+0.1
204	Lancaster, CA	43.3	-0.8
205	Clovis, CA	43.3	+0.5
206	Rohnert Park, CA	43.2	+0.8
207	Whittier, CA	43.2	+0.2
208	Downey, CA	43.2	+0.1
209	Petaluma, CA	43.1	0
210	Grover Beach, CA	43	-1
211	Lomita, CA	43	-0.8
212	Indio, CA	42.9	-0.2
212	Susanville, CA	42.9	-1.2
214	Concord, CA	42.9	+0.8
214	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	42.9	+0.5
216	Livermore, CA	42.9	+0.1
216	Palmdale, CA	42.9	+1
218	Reedley, CA	42.9	+0.3
219	San Bernardino, CA	42.9	+0.1
220	Simi Valley, CA	42.8	-0.8
221	Tulare, CA	42.8	+0.5
221	Watsonville, CA	42.8	-1.7
223	Glendora, CA	42.8	-0.9
223	Hanford, CA	42.8	+0.4
225	Los Alamitos, CA	42.8	-4
226	La Mesa, CA	42.8	-1.1
227	Gardena, CA	42.7	-0
228	La Habra, CA	42.7	+2.1
228	San Bruno, CA	42.7	+0.8
230	Carson, CA	42.7	+1.1
231	Signal Hill, CA	42.7	+1.2
232	Garden Grove, CA	42.6	+0.5
233	Antioch, CA	42.5	-0.5
234	West Covina, CA	42.5	-0.1
235	Yucca Valley, CA	42.5	-0.9
236	Lodi, CA	42.5	-0.1
237	Poway, CA	42.5	-0.5
238	Bell, CA	42.4	+1
238	Brea, CA	42.4	+1.1
240	Wasco, CA	42.4	-0.7
241	Chula Vista, CA	42.4	+0.5
242	Windsor, CA	42.4	+0.5
243	Fremont, CA	42.4	+0.5
244	Placentia, CA	42.3	0
245	Folsom, CA	42.3	+0.4
245	Morgan Hill, CA	42.3	+1.2
247	Newark, CA	42.3	+1.1
248	Ceres, CA	42.2	+1.5
249	Bellflower, CA	42.2	+0.6
250	Kingsburg, CA	42.2	-2.3

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Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Covers Spain, the EU and its countries, and the United States. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis. US values measure household money income before taxes and are not directly comparable with the EU-SILC measure based on equivalised disposable income.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in California by Gini index, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/gini/california-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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