Madera AcresCA
Population 9,846: a town in California.
Is Madera Acres a good place to live?
Madera Acres grades low on several counts. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $347K, 4.7 years of the Fresno metro’s $74K median household income. This California town grades D− overall and ranks 801st of 841 in California. That leaves it behind almost every U.S. town. Health is weaker too (C−): CDC estimates put its residents' health behind just over three quarters of the country. Madera Acres’ typical July afternoon high is 97°F, against 89°F in California’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 99 of California’s 1,063 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 66 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · NOAA normals, 1991–2020 · USGS PAD-US.
96% of working residents leave Madera Acres for work
Where Madera Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Madera Acres grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Madera Acres is from typical.
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Moving to Madera Acres: who provides what
Madera Acres is unincorporated, so Madera County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Madera Acres.
Madera Acres has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Madera and beyond and has property taxes about half the California norm.
Health in Madera Acres trails 76% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Madera Acres, 38% feel lonely. Against the California average, Madera Acres comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 17. In Madera Acres, 28% of adults worry about having enough food, and 69% had a checkup this year.
| Madera Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 22% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Madera Acres | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 19.8% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Madera Acres’ public schools trail 64% of California districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Madera Unified school district. Madera Acres’ only public school teaches 709 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berenda ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 709 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Most of Madera Acres’ workers leave town for work
Madera Acres has 712 jobs for its 3,340 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
For residents in Madera Acres, the share who live below the poverty line is 16%. Only 4% of working residents stay in Madera Acres for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Madera (24%), Fresno (17%) and Chowchilla (4%). Madera Acres’ mean commuting time is 29 minutes.
| Madera Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0% of Madera Acres is conserved land
5.8 miles of trail. The trail density for Madera Acres comes to 0.8 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Madera Acres
The Madera weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 100 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 97°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 38.5°.
For Madera Acres, the January low is 39°F. It almost never snows.
| Madera Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 97°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a high hazard risk in Madera Acres: inland flooding
55% of Madera Acres’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 27%. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Madera Acres sells for about $450K at the median
The median property tax bill is $2,345, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The midpoint rent in Madera Acres is $1,685 a month. In Madera Acres, 84% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Madera Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,685 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Madera Acres
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Madera Acres
About 8 of every 100 Madera Acres residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Madera Acres
Census-designated place in California, United States
Madera Acres (Madera, Spanish for "wood") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States. It is part of the Madera Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,162 at the 2020 census, virtually unchanged from 2010.
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- Area
- 7.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 292 ft
- Area code
- 559
Madera Acres’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Madera Acres.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madera Acres | #801 | D− | D | — | C+ | C− |
| Madera | #776 | D− | C− | C | C+ | D |
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Questions about Madera Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Madera Acres, CA a good place to live?
Madera Acres grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #801 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Madera Acres, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $347,000, 54% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.