Dorrington vs Vallecito

A side-by-side comparison of Dorrington and Vallecito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vallecito has the higher population (535 vs 512 in Dorrington). Vallecito has the higher median home value ($613,600 vs $383,300 in Dorrington). Since 2019, Vallecito's population has grown faster (+128.6% vs +84.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrington	Vallecito
Population	512	535
Median age	61.8 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$155,357	—
Median home value	$383,300	$613,600
Housing units	1,858	325
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrington	Vallecito
Population	278 → 512 (+84.2%)	234 → 535 (+128.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $155,357 (+255.1%)	$52,375 → $46,736 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$309,500 → $383,300 (+23.8%)	$282,300 → $613,600 (+117.4%)

Dorrington

Population

278512

Median household income

$43,750$155,357

Median home value

$309,500$383,300

Vallecito

Population

234535

Median household income

$52,375$46,736

Median home value

$282,300$613,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrington	Vallecito
Under 5	3.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	4.5%	7.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	4.5%
55 to 64	34.8%	30.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	32.9%
75 and over	29.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrington	Vallecito
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	28.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrington	Vallecito
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.7%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrington	Vallecito
Drove alone	45.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.2%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrington	Vallecito
1-unit, detached	98.5%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Dorrington	Vallecito
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.00
Median year structure built	1984	1983