Big Pine vs Round Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Big Pine and Round Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Pine and Round Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Pine has the higher population (1,464 vs 523 in Round Valley). Big Pine has the higher median household income ($52,647 vs $49,844 in Round Valley). Round Valley has the higher median home value ($608,900 vs $281,300 in Big Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Big Pine	Round Valley
Population	1,464	523
Median age	49.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,647	$49,844
Median home value	$281,300	$608,900
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,398
Housing units	817	148
Homeownership rate	76.4%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Pine	Round Valley
Population	1,524 → 1,464 (-3.9%)	509 → 523 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$53,891 → $52,647 (-2.3%)	$61,042 → $49,844 (-18.3%)
Median home value	$232,200 → $281,300 (+21.1%)	$370,000 → $608,900 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,000 (+14.5%)	$1,199 → $1,398 (+16.6%)

Big Pine

Population

1,5241,464

Median household income

$53,891$52,647

Median home value

$232,200$281,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,000

Round Valley

Population

509523

Median household income

$61,042$49,844

Median home value

$370,000$608,900

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Pine	Round Valley
Under 5	6.5%	10.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	6.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	22.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	17.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	8.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Pine	Round Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	46.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.6%	1.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Pine	Round Valley
No high school diploma	8.0%	19.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Pine	Round Valley
Drove alone	70.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Pine	Round Valley
1-unit, detached	64.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Pine	Round Valley
Poverty rate	11.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1975	1949