Valley Springs vs Wallace

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

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

Valley Springs has the higher population (972 vs 743 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median household income ($113,462 vs $32,004 in Valley Springs). Wallace has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $278,000 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Springs	Wallace
Population	972	743
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,004	$113,462
Median home value	$278,000	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,159	—
Housing units	279	238
Homeownership rate	73.1%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Springs	Wallace
Population	3,502 → 972 (-72.2%)	944 → 743 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$68,898 → $32,004 (-53.5%)	$103,199 → $113,462 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$296,600 → $278,000 (-6.3%)	$391,700 → $562,500 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,632 → $1,159 (-29.0%)	—

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

Wallace

Population

944743

Median household income

$103,199$113,462

Median home value

$391,700$562,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valley Springs	Wallace
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	3.7%	36.2%
18 to 24	28.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	3.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	19.4%	21.9%
75 and over	13.9%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Springs	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Springs	Wallace
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	47.8%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Springs	Wallace
Drove alone	78.3%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	33.2%
Other means	11.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Springs	Wallace
1-unit, detached	60.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Valley Springs	Wallace
Poverty rate	23.9%	0.0%
Average household size	3.48	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	17	61
Median year structure built	1968	2000