Squaw Valley vs Sunnyside

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

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

Sunnyside has the higher population (5,003 vs 3,584 in Squaw Valley). Sunnyside has the higher median household income ($114,500 vs $81,094 in Squaw Valley). Sunnyside has the higher median home value ($489,300 vs $283,500 in Squaw Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
Population	3,584	5,003
Median age	52.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,094	$114,500
Median home value	$283,500	$489,300
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,530
Housing units	1,389	1,602
Homeownership rate	81.6%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
Population	3,646 → 3,584 (-1.7%)	4,464 → 5,003 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$75,201 → $81,094 (+7.8%)	$77,527 → $114,500 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$233,100 → $283,500 (+21.6%)	$295,000 → $489,300 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,042 (+6.5%)	$943 → $1,530 (+62.2%)

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

Sunnyside

Population

4,4645,003

Median household income

$77,527$114,500

Median home value

$295,000$489,300

Median gross rent

$943$1,530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
Under 5	2.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	24.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.3%
75 and over	8.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	54.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
No high school diploma	13.8%	15.2%
High school graduate	19.2%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
Drove alone	64.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	26.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
1-unit, detached	65.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Squaw Valley	Sunnyside
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.5%
Average household size	3.09	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	58	26
Median year structure built	1988	1966