Danville vs Walnut Creek

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

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

Walnut Creek has the higher population (69,790 vs 43,426 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $135,665 in Walnut Creek). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $1,031,100 in Walnut Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Walnut Creek
Population	43,426	69,790
Median age	45.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$135,665
Median home value	$1,583,300	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,613
Housing units	15,909	33,618
Homeownership rate	85.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Walnut Creek
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

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)

	Danville	Walnut Creek
Under 5	4.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.0%
75 and over	8.5%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	62.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	19.7%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	6.8%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	54.9%	49.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.7%
Public transit	3.3%	8.9%
Walked	2.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	32.6%	28.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	76.8%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1979	1974