Vallecito vs Wallace

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (743 vs 535 in Vallecito). Vallecito has the higher median home value ($613,600 vs $562,500 in Wallace). Since 2019, Vallecito's population has grown faster (+128.6% vs -21.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Vallecito	Wallace
Population	535	743
Median age	58.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$113,462
Median home value	$613,600	$562,500
Housing units	325	238
Homeownership rate	83.1%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vallecito	Wallace
Population	234 → 535 (+128.6%)	944 → 743 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$52,375 → $46,736 (-10.8%)	$103,199 → $113,462 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$282,300 → $613,600 (+117.4%)	$391,700 → $562,500 (+43.6%)

Vallecito

Population

234535

Median household income

$52,375$46,736

Median home value

$282,300$613,600

Wallace

Population

944743

Median household income

$103,199$113,462

Median home value

$391,700$562,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vallecito	Wallace
Under 5	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	36.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	30.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	32.9%	21.9%
75 and over	1.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vallecito	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vallecito	Wallace
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	25.7%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vallecito	Wallace
Drove alone	82.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	33.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vallecito	Wallace
1-unit, detached	93.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Vallecito	Wallace
Poverty rate	7.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	61
Median year structure built	1983	2000