Pumpkin Center vs Valley Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Pumpkin Center and Valley Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pumpkin Center has the higher population (511 vs 437 in Valley Acres). Since 2019, Pumpkin Center's population has grown faster (+202.4% vs -33.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
Population	511	437
Median age	46.0 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$87,407
Median home value	—	$223,100
Median gross rent	$820	$1,153
Housing units	163	198
Homeownership rate	0.0%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	23.6%	20.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
Population	169 → 511 (+202.4%)	656 → 437 (-33.4%)
Median household income	—	$48,875 → $87,407 (+78.8%)
Median home value	—	$109,900 → $223,100 (+103.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $820 (+30.4%)	$909 → $1,153 (+26.8%)

Pumpkin Center

Population

169511

Median gross rent

$629$820

Valley Acres

Population

656437

Median household income

$48,875$87,407

Median home value

$109,900$223,100

Median gross rent

$909$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	33.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	16.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	38.2%	31.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.7%
75 and over	0.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	42.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
No high school diploma	77.3%	27.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
Drove alone	100.0%	91.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
1-unit, detached	0.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Pumpkin Center	Valley Acres
Poverty rate	23.3%	19.7%
Average household size	3.13	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	36
Median year structure built	1985	1983