Golden Hills vs Potomac Park

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Hills and Potomac Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Hills and Potomac Park are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Potomac Park has the higher population (10,634 vs 10,445 in Golden Hills). Golden Hills has the higher median household income ($94,654 vs $45,617 in Potomac Park). Golden Hills has the higher median home value ($376,300 vs $201,200 in Potomac Park).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
Population	10,445	10,634
Median age	37.3 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,654	$45,617
Median home value	$376,300	$201,200
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,162
Housing units	4,358	2,759
Homeownership rate	78.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
Population	9,351 → 10,445 (+11.7%)	10,833 → 10,634 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$64,862 → $94,654 (+45.9%)	$40,129 → $45,617 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$261,000 → $376,300 (+44.2%)	$123,800 → $201,200 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $1,248 (+20.5%)	$1,058 → $1,162 (+9.8%)

Golden Hills

Population

9,35110,445

Median household income

$64,862$94,654

Median home value

$261,000$376,300

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,248

Potomac Park

Population

10,83310,634

Median household income

$40,129$45,617

Median home value

$123,800$201,200

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
Under 5	7.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	28.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	15.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	6.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	3.2%
75 and over	6.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	6.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	85.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	45.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
Drove alone	79.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	15.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
1-unit, detached	84.1%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Golden Hills	Potomac Park
Poverty rate	12.0%	30.9%
Average household size	2.65	4.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1986	1968