Arnold vs Valley Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold and Valley Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Arnold and Valley Springs are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arnold has the higher population (2,276 vs 972 in Valley Springs). Arnold has the higher median household income ($92,589 vs $32,004 in Valley Springs). Arnold has the higher median home value ($508,400 vs $278,000 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Valley Springs
Population	2,276	972
Median age	60.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,589	$32,004
Median home value	$508,400	$278,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,159
Housing units	4,567	279
Homeownership rate	89.7%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Valley Springs
Population	2,291 → 2,276 (-0.7%)	3,502 → 972 (-72.2%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $92,589 (+60.4%)	$68,898 → $32,004 (-53.5%)
Median home value	$293,000 → $508,400 (+73.5%)	$296,600 → $278,000 (-6.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,679 (+28.1%)	$1,632 → $1,159 (-29.0%)

Arnold

Population

2,2912,276

Median household income

$57,708$92,589

Median home value

$293,000$508,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,679

Valley Springs

Population

3,502972

Median household income

$68,898$32,004

Median home value

$296,600$278,000

Median gross rent

$1,632$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Valley Springs
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	3.7%
18 to 24	0.8%	28.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	2.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	3.4%
65 to 74	27.8%	19.4%
75 and over	15.6%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Valley Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Valley Springs
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Valley Springs
Drove alone	54.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	3.8%
Other means	7.4%	11.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Valley Springs
1-unit, detached	96.7%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	24.4%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Valley Springs
Poverty rate	4.9%	23.9%
Average household size	2.06	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1982	1968