Rail Road Flat vs Vallecito

A side-by-side comparison of Rail Road Flat and Vallecito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rail Road Flat has the higher population (696 vs 535 in Vallecito). Vallecito has the higher median home value ($613,600 vs $366,900 in Rail Road Flat). Since 2019, Rail Road Flat's population has grown faster (+264.4% vs +128.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
Population	696	535
Median age	42.6 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,656	—
Median home value	$366,900	$613,600
Median gross rent	$743	—
Housing units	424	325
Homeownership rate	87.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
Population	191 → 696 (+264.4%)	234 → 535 (+128.6%)
Median household income	$50,781 → $85,656 (+68.7%)	$52,375 → $46,736 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$238,900 → $366,900 (+53.6%)	$282,300 → $613,600 (+117.4%)

Rail Road Flat

Population

191696

Median household income

$50,781$85,656

Median home value

$238,900$366,900

Vallecito

Population

234535

Median household income

$52,375$46,736

Median home value

$282,300$613,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
Under 5	1.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	24.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	3.7%	4.5%
55 to 64	26.0%	30.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	32.9%
75 and over	7.8%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	6.2%
Asian	12.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	28.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
Drove alone	54.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	23.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
1-unit, detached	96.9%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Rail Road Flat	Vallecito
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	45	—
Median year structure built	1982	1983