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Madera Ranchos, California.

A community in Madera County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Madera County’s.

Living in Madera Ranchos, Madera County, California

Madera Ranchos, in Madera County, had 3,623 people in the 2020 census. 98% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 2% are rented. Unemployment in Madera County was 7.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Madera County work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 3,623 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Madera Ranchos for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 7.4% Madera County, August 2026; 7.4% a year before
Homes 98% lived in by their owners; 2% rented
  • 1,115households
  • 37%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line

What people in Madera County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Farming, forestry and mining13%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Madera County had 58,077 jobs in 2025, 2.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 54° and 38°; warmest in July, 96° and 64° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 54° 38° F M A M J J 96° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 54° and 38°; warmest in July, 96° and 64° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 54° 38° F M A M J J 96° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 64°. About 11 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Madera weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Madera County

  1. Valley Children's HospitalChildren's hospital2,594FTE
  2. Madera UnifiedSchool district2,190FTE
  3. County of MaderaGeneral public administration1,400
  4. Cental California Women's FacilityCorrectional institutions1,248
  5. Chukchansi Gold Resort & CasinoCasino hotels1,200
  6. Table Mountain Casino ResortHotels, resort, with casinos1,136
  7. ArborWorksArborist services1,089
  8. Camarena HealthWalk-in physicians' offices639

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 99 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,391 people in all across the county; Madera Ranchos has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. DroughtRelatively high
  2. WildfireRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. Earthquakesrelatively high in parts of Madera RanchosRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Madera Ranchos’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Madera County.