Fieldbrook vs Willow Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Fieldbrook and Willow Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willow Creek has the higher population (949 vs 771 in Fieldbrook). Fieldbrook has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $43,056 in Willow Creek). Fieldbrook has the higher median home value ($610,300 vs $335,100 in Willow Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
Population	771	949
Median age	51.1 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,833	$43,056
Median home value	$610,300	$335,100
Median gross rent	$1,526	—
Housing units	381	968
Homeownership rate	82.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
Population	880 → 771 (-12.4%)	1,513 → 949 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$71,691 → $85,833 (+19.7%)	$65,433 → $43,056 (-34.2%)
Median home value	$423,600 → $610,300 (+44.1%)	$300,000 → $335,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,526 (+38.7%)	$996 → $1,865 (+87.2%)

Fieldbrook

Population

880771

Median household income

$71,691$85,833

Median home value

$423,600$610,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,526

Willow Creek

Population

1,513949

Median household income

$65,433$43,056

Median home value

$300,000$335,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	2.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	4.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	43.6%
65 to 74	20.6%	19.8%
75 and over	7.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.5%
Some other race	0.3%	3.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	5.0%	13.9%
High school graduate	14.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
Drove alone	60.5%	64.9%
Carpooled	18.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	93.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Fieldbrook	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	7.5%	19.9%
Average household size	2.23	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1979	1977