Auberry vs Squaw Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Auberry and Squaw Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Squaw Valley has the higher population (3,584 vs 3,043 in Auberry). Squaw Valley has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $75,000 in Auberry). Auberry has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $283,500 in Squaw Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
Population	3,043	3,584
Median age	50.5 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$81,094
Median home value	$351,300	$283,500
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,042
Housing units	1,546	1,389
Homeownership rate	84.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
Population	2,009 → 3,043 (+51.5%)	3,646 → 3,584 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$64,390 → $75,000 (+16.5%)	$75,201 → $81,094 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$295,500 → $351,300 (+18.9%)	$233,100 → $283,500 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,361 (+22.0%)	$978 → $1,042 (+6.5%)

Auberry

Population

2,0093,043

Median household income

$64,390$75,000

Median home value

$295,500$351,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,361

Squaw Valley

Population

3,6463,584

Median household income

$75,201$81,094

Median home value

$233,100$283,500

Median gross rent

$978$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	24.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.0%
75 and over	18.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	46.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
No high school diploma	7.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
Drove alone	66.0%	64.6%
Carpooled	21.2%	26.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
1-unit, detached	81.8%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Auberry	Squaw Valley
Poverty rate	10.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.81	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	58
Median year structure built	1978	1988