Housing in Southwest Fresno at a glance
- Population
- about 14,730
- Housing units
- about 4,170
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $215,000Fresno: $374,800 (-43%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,280 a monthFresno: $1,421 (-10%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 37.7%Fresno: 50.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 65.9%
- Median year built
- 1967
Fresno's lowest median home value belongs to Southwest Fresno: $215,000, 43% under the Fresno level and last among the nine sectors with data. The sector lies south of the city's population centre. Its closest comparison is Downtown, where owners estimate $226,000, though Downtown is far more renter-heavy, with owners at only 27.3% against 37.7% here. Step toward Fresno High-Roeding and the value jumps to $310,000; Roosevelt reaches $338,000. Rent does not follow the same pattern. Tenants in Southwest Fresno pay a median $1,280, just 10% under Fresno overall and seventh of nine, so the discount on rent is much smaller than the one on values. Housing dates mostly from before 1980, 65.9% of it, and the typical home was put up in 1967. The sector counts 14,730 residents, and its 2,516 renter households outnumber 1,522 owner households. Roosevelt, by contrast, has owners at 54.6%.
Questions about Southwest Fresno
What is the median home value in Southwest Fresno, Fresno?
$215,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $374,800 for Fresno as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Southwest Fresno?
$1,280 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,421 in Fresno (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Southwest Fresno own or rent?
Most rent: 37.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 50.1% in Fresno (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 5 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Southwest Fresno is one of the 9 community plan areas of Fresno: estimated population about 14,730 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Fresno GIS, Community Plan Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Fresno as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Southwest Fresno
The closest sectors of Fresno, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Fresno
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Southwest Fresno. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Southwest Fresno? Ask for your spot.