Samoa vs Weitchpec

A side-by-side comparison of Samoa and Weitchpec: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Samoa has the higher population (163 vs 87 in Weitchpec). Weitchpec has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $44,569 in Samoa). Since 2019, Weitchpec's population has grown faster (+50.0% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Samoa	Weitchpec
Population	163	87
Median age	23.6 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,569	$53,125
Median home value	—	$216,700
Median gross rent	$1,131	—
Housing units	93	37
Homeownership rate	0.0%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	21.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Samoa	Weitchpec
Population	212 → 163 (-23.1%)	58 → 87 (+50.0%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $44,569 (+8.5%)	$35,313 → $53,125 (+50.4%)
Median home value	—	$116,700 → $216,700 (+85.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,155 → $1,131 (-2.1%)	—

Samoa

Population

212163

Median household income

$41,094$44,569

Median gross rent

$1,155$1,131

Weitchpec

Population

5887

Median household income

$35,313$53,125

Median home value

$116,700$216,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Samoa	Weitchpec
Under 5	4.9%	10.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	32.5%	16.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	3.1%	5.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	16.1%
75 and over	1.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Samoa	Weitchpec
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	19.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	72.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Samoa	Weitchpec
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	55.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Samoa	Weitchpec
Drove alone	62.5%	67.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.0%
Walked	15.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	15.0%
Other means	5.6%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Samoa	Weitchpec
1-unit, detached	95.7%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Samoa	Weitchpec
Poverty rate	3.7%	65.5%
Average household size	2.72	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1938	1987