College City vs Maxwell

A side-by-side comparison of College City and Maxwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maxwell has the higher population (1,174 vs 575 in College City). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $64,130 in College City). College City has the higher median home value ($441,700 vs $234,400 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	College City	Maxwell
Population	575	1,174
Median age	38.3 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,130	$64,286
Median home value	$441,700	$234,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,356
Housing units	154	403
Homeownership rate	52.6%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College City	Maxwell
Population	170 → 575 (+238.2%)	1,076 → 1,174 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $64,130 (-10.8%)	$64,239 → $64,286 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$292,500 → $441,700 (+51.0%)	$210,300 → $234,400 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$929 → $1,356 (+46.0%)

College City

Population

170575

Median household income

$71,875$64,130

Median home value

$292,500$441,700

Maxwell

Population

1,0761,174

Median household income

$64,239$64,286

Median home value

$210,300$234,400

Median gross rent

$929$1,356

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College City	Maxwell
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	33.6%	26.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	12.4%
25 to 34	3.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	6.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.3%
75 and over	10.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College City	Maxwell
White (non-Hispanic)	33.6%	26.6%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	72.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College City	Maxwell
No high school diploma	45.4%	41.1%
High school graduate	21.8%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College City	Maxwell
Drove alone	60.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	27.0%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	12.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College City	Maxwell
1-unit, detached	83.1%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	College City	Maxwell
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.7%
Average household size	3.73	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1945	1958