Elk Creek vs Willows

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Creek and Willows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willows has the higher population (6,239 vs 52 in Elk Creek). Willows has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $204,500 in Elk Creek). Since 2019, Willows's population has grown faster (+3.8% vs -71.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Creek	Willows
Population	52	6,239
Median age	73.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,179
Median home value	$204,500	$286,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,149
Housing units	39	2,465
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Creek	Willows
Population	183 → 52 (-71.6%)	6,013 → 6,239 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $119,167 (+147.6%)	$43,220 → $78,179 (+80.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $204,500 (+48.7%)	$220,600 → $286,200 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $619 (+3.2%)	$775 → $1,149 (+48.3%)

Elk Creek

Population

18352

Median household income

$48,125$119,167

Median home value

$137,500$204,500

Median gross rent

$600$619

Willows

Population

6,0136,239

Median household income

$43,220$78,179

Median home value

$220,600$286,200

Median gross rent

$775$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Creek	Willows
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	48.1%	7.3%
75 and over	36.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Creek	Willows
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	50.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Creek	Willows
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.4%
High school graduate	19.2%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	63.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Creek	Willows
Drove alone	100.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Creek	Willows
1-unit, detached	56.4%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	43.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Elk Creek	Willows
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1962	1977