Antioch vs Walnut Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Antioch and Walnut Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Antioch has the higher population (115,759 vs 69,790 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($135,665 vs $94,256 in Antioch). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($1,031,100 vs $607,400 in Antioch).

Population, income & housing

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
Population	115,759	69,790
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,256	$135,665
Median home value	$607,400	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$2,241	$2,613
Housing units	37,936	33,618
Homeownership rate	63.5%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
Population	111,200 → 115,759 (+4.1%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$76,601 → $94,256 (+23.0%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$397,400 → $607,400 (+52.8%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,790 → $2,241 (+25.2%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

Antioch

Population

111,200115,759

Median household income

$76,601$94,256

Median home value

$397,400$607,400

Median gross rent

$1,790$2,241

Walnut Creek

Population

69,56769,790

Median household income

$105,948$135,665

Median home value

$793,100$1,031,100

Median gross rent

$2,095$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.0%
75 and over	4.7%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	62.2%
Black or African American	19.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	13.2%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	14.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	66.2%	49.9%
Carpooled	14.2%	7.7%
Public transit	6.1%	8.9%
Walked	1.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.1%	28.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	78.4%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	12.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Antioch	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.9%
Average household size	3.10	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	43	33
Median year structure built	1985	1974