Dorrington vs West Point

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

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

West Point has the higher population (642 vs 512 in Dorrington). Dorrington has the higher median household income ($155,357 vs $68,088 in West Point). Since 2019, Dorrington's population has grown faster (+84.2% vs +41.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrington	West Point
Population	512	642
Median age	61.8 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$155,357	$68,088
Median home value	$383,300	—
Housing units	1,858	338
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrington	West Point
Population	278 → 512 (+84.2%)	454 → 642 (+41.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $155,357 (+255.1%)	$34,722 → $68,088 (+96.1%)
Median home value	$309,500 → $383,300 (+23.8%)	$195,000 → $126,300 (-35.2%)

Dorrington

Population

278512

Median household income

$43,750$155,357

Median home value

$309,500$383,300

West Point

Population

454642

Median household income

$34,722$68,088

Median home value

$195,000$126,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrington	West Point
Under 5	3.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	4.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	3.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	34.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	39.7%
75 and over	29.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrington	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	53.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrington	West Point
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	7.7%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrington	West Point
Drove alone	45.7%	91.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.6%
Worked from home	44.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrington	West Point
1-unit, detached	98.5%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
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%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Dorrington	West Point
Poverty rate	5.5%	18.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1984	1958