Smith Corner vs Valley Acres

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

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

Valley Acres has the higher population (437 vs 423 in Smith Corner). Valley Acres has the higher median household income ($87,407 vs $43,854 in Smith Corner). Valley Acres has the higher median home value ($223,100 vs $112,500 in Smith Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
Population	423	437
Median age	35.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,854	$87,407
Median home value	$112,500	$223,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,153
Housing units	140	198
Homeownership rate	70.6%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	20.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
Population	486 → 423 (-13.0%)	656 → 437 (-33.4%)
Median household income	$65,179 → $43,854 (-32.7%)	$48,875 → $87,407 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $112,500 (+13.0%)	$109,900 → $223,100 (+103.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,106 (+3.7%)	$909 → $1,153 (+26.8%)

Smith Corner

Population

486423

Median household income

$65,179$43,854

Median home value

$99,600$112,500

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,106

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)

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	21.0%	31.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	4.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.7%
75 and over	0.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	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	90.5%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
No high school diploma	63.9%	27.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	4.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
Drove alone	87.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	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)

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
1-unit, detached	84.3%	78.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Smith Corner	Valley Acres
Poverty rate	15.1%	19.7%
Average household size	3.36	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1970	1983