Housing in West at a glance
- Population
- about 57,850
- Housing units
- about 17,047
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $377,000Fresno: $374,800 (+1%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,520 a monthFresno: $1,421 (+7%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 68.7%Fresno: 50.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 23.2%
- Median year built
- 1995
Ownership is the story in West. Owners hold 68.7% of households, the top share among Fresno's nine sectors and 18.6 points beyond Fresno overall, and the sector sits on the west side of the city. Its households tally 11,329 owners to 5,153 renters. Homes here are newer than elsewhere: construction at the midpoint dates to 1995, and only 23.2% of the stock is older than 1980, which ranks eighth of nine on that count. Value falls in a comfortable band between neighbours. Bullard is valued at $440,000, whereas West sits at $377,000 and its other neighbours sit lower, with Fresno High-Roeding at $310,000 and Downtown at $226,000, a hair over the Fresno median. On rent, West's $1,520 is third-highest of the nine; only Bullard, with $1,660, charges more among the sectors around it. Fresno High-Roeding, by comparison, has owners at 46.5% and an older stock, with 87.6% of its housing older than 1980.
Questions about West
What is the median home value in West, Fresno?
$377,000 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 West?
$1,520 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 West own or rent?
Most own: 68.7% 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 10 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.
West is one of the 9 community plan areas of Fresno: estimated population about 57,850 (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 West
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 West. 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 West? Ask for your spot.