Hydesville vs Willow Creek

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

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

Hydesville has the higher population (1,144 vs 949 in Willow Creek). Hydesville has the higher median household income ($85,179 vs $43,056 in Willow Creek). Hydesville has the higher median home value ($489,100 vs $335,100 in Willow Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
Population	1,144	949
Median age	52.1 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,179	$43,056
Median home value	$489,100	$335,100
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	516	968
Homeownership rate	89.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
Population	1,063 → 1,144 (+7.6%)	1,513 → 949 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$58,500 → $85,179 (+45.6%)	$65,433 → $43,056 (-34.2%)
Median home value	$485,400 → $489,100 (+0.8%)	$300,000 → $335,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $850 (-14.5%)	$996 → $1,865 (+87.2%)

Hydesville

Population

1,0631,144

Median household income

$58,500$85,179

Median home value

$485,400$489,100

Median gross rent

$994$850

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)

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	7.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	2.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	4.2%
55 to 64	20.4%	43.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	19.8%
75 and over	7.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.5%
Some other race	0.1%	3.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	2.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	29.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
Drove alone	70.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	14.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	88.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Hydesville	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	17.4%	19.9%
Average household size	2.49	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1982	1977