Humboldt Hill vs McKinleyville

A side-by-side comparison of Humboldt Hill and McKinleyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Humboldt Hill and McKinleyville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McKinleyville has the higher population (17,152 vs 3,421 in Humboldt Hill). Humboldt Hill has the higher median household income ($85,438 vs $66,096 in McKinleyville). McKinleyville has the higher median home value ($414,200 vs $408,800 in Humboldt Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
Population	3,421	17,152
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,438	$66,096
Median home value	$408,800	$414,200
Median gross rent	$1,576	$1,441
Housing units	1,393	7,414
Homeownership rate	62.2%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
Population	4,315 → 3,421 (-20.7%)	17,208 → 17,152 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$71,642 → $85,438 (+19.3%)	$54,614 → $66,096 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $408,800 (+51.5%)	$296,700 → $414,200 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,576 (+37.5%)	$964 → $1,441 (+49.5%)

Humboldt Hill

Population

4,3153,421

Median household income

$71,642$85,438

Median home value

$269,900$408,800

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,576

McKinleyville

Population

17,20817,152

Median household income

$54,614$66,096

Median home value

$296,700$414,200

Median gross rent

$964$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
Under 5	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	8.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.0%
75 and over	10.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.9%
Asian	0.7%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.8%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.6%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
Drove alone	77.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	3.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
1-unit, detached	62.0%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt Hill	McKinleyville
Poverty rate	15.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1976	1992