Housing in Woodward Park at a glance
- Population
- about 56,892
- Housing units
- about 22,471
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $494,000Fresno: $374,800 (+32%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,160 a monthFresno: $1,421 (+52%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 59.8%Fresno: 50.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 11.5%
- Median year built
- 1994
Up in the north of the city, Woodward Park comes first among Fresno's nine sectors for value, $494,000, and for rent, $2,160. Rents run 52% above the Fresno level and values 32% above. Neighbours trail it clearly. Bullard comes closest with $440,000, while McLane records $343,000 and Hoover $346,000. The age of the housing explains a lot, because just 11.5% of homes here pre-date 1980, the lowest share in the city, and the median home goes back to 1994. Hoover tells the opposite story, with 75.1% of its dwellings from before 1980. Tenure differs too: owners are 59.8% of Woodward Park households, third-highest of nine, against 41.7% in Hoover and 49.9% in McLane. The sector holds 22,471 homes, which tallies 12,513 owners and 8,426 renters. Bullard, the closest rival on price, has 60.4% owners, barely above Woodward Park.
Questions about Woodward Park
What is the median home value in Woodward Park, Fresno?
$494,000 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 Woodward Park?
$2,160 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 Woodward Park own or rent?
Most own: 59.8% 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 12 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.
Woodward Park is one of the 9 community plan areas of Fresno: estimated population about 56,892 (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 Woodward Park
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 Woodward Park. 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 Woodward Park? Ask for your spot.