FRESNO is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Fresno, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Fresno is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,300 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $34,501 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 54% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Fresno — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
234,536
- Gender balance
54%
- Male skew
54%
- Median income
$34,501
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,300
- Living wage
$52,770
- Transit fare
$1
- Rent trend
$1,300
- Most female-leaning zone
48%
- Democratic
37%
- Npp
22%
The shape of the market
Clovis is the most female-leaning zone, at about 48% men to 52% women.
Fresno runs about 54% male, sharpest in Downtown (73%) and Tower District (60%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Fresno
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
California registers voters by party, and Fresno County is narrowly Democratic, about 37% to 33% Republican, a genuinely purple county by California standards.
About 22% register No Party Preference, a growing independent bloc that keeps Fresno far more competitive than coastal California.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Fresno County needs about $52,800 a year just to cover the basics.
Fresno’s one-bedroom rents have held flat to slightly down year over year, as Central Valley supply caught up with demand.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A FAX bus fare in Fresno is $1.00 one way; the free-ride era of the pandemic has ended.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 17,214 | 53 / 47 | $36,577 | $1,364 |
| Woodward Park | 9,096 | 52 / 48 | $51,840 | $2,139 |
| West Fresno | 8,762 | 53 / 47 | $23,256 | $1,193 |
| Northeast Fresno | 8,663 | 51 / 49 | $32,056 | $1,417 |
| Clovis | 7,473 | 48 / 52 | $35,185 | $1,492 |
| Bullard | 7,115 | 54 / 46 | $51,893 | $1,663 |
| Southeast Fresno | 5,667 | 55 / 45 | $31,410 | $1,299 |
| Fig Garden | 4,509 | 48 / 52 | $42,438 | $1,447 |
| Tower District | 4,091 | 60 / 40 | $34,575 | $1,277 |
| Downtown | 2,834 | 73 / 27 | $20,409 | $959 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Fresno, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Tower District
El Patio Mexican Restaurant
- Woodward Park
Yard House
- Fig Garden
Fig Garden Village
- Woodward Park
Westwoods BBQ & Spice Co
- Southeast Fresno
Aromas Restaurant
- Southeast Fresno
Heirloom
- Woodward Park
Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar
- Sunnyside
Country Fare Café
- Clovis
Colton's Social House
- Fig Garden
Elbow Room Bar & Grill
- Clovis
House of JuJu
- Woodward Park
Woodward Park
- Bullard
Fresno Breakfast House
- Downtown
Mediterranean Grill & Café
- Fig Garden
Phoenician Garden Mediterranean Bar and Grill
- Tower District
Irene's Café
- Woodward Park
Eureka! Fresno
- Northeast Fresno
McCoy's Coffee Shop
- Fig Garden
La Boulangerie
- Bullard
Dutch Bros Coffee
- Northeast Fresno
Goldstein's Mortuary & Delicatessen
- Clovis
Kuppa Joy Coffee House
- Southeast Fresno
Saizon
- Northeast Fresno
Di Cicco's Italian Restaurant
- Fig Garden
The Waffle Place
- Fig Garden
The Lime Lite
- Downtown
Cosmopolitan | Tavern & Italian Grill
- Northeast Fresno
The Annex Kitchen
- Fig Garden
Wassabi Off the Hook
- Sunnyside
Churrasco Grill